ECONOMY-SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGY
                   
                            
                            
                              
                                
                                
                                
                            
                           
                   
                    
                              
                 
                         
                            
                            Forest plantation in response to Sea and Island Week
                            07/06/2011|02:50:00
Responding to Vietnam Sea and Island  Week and World Environment Day (June 5), on May 31, nearly 200 students, Youth Union members and residents in Nha Trang City planted about 22,400 "Duoc" trees (Rhizophora apiculata Blume) and 200 "Mam" trees (Avicennia marina) on 1.5 ha of mangrove forest in Dam Bay of Hon Tre Island (Vinh Nguyen Ward, Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province). This is the only place to have mangrove forest in Nha Trang be restored. The program was held by the Management Board of Nha Trang Bay Marine Protected Area.
                            
                      
                   
                         
                            
                            Walkability Assessment in 13 Asian Cities
                            07/06/2011|02:44:00
The poor state of pedestrian facilities in some Asian cities was highlighted in the report published by the Asian Development Bank and the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities.
                            
                      
                   
                         
                   
                         
                            
                            Protecting the nation's forests 
                            07/06/2011|10:13:00
BAC KAN — World Environment Day 2011, focused on forest protection, was celebrated in the northern uplands province of Bac Kan yesterday.