ECONOMY-SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGY
PM asks Ca Mau to increase agricultural potential
19/08/2009|07:17:00
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked Ca Mau, the country’s southernmost province, to boost shrimp farming on an industrial scale to at least 20,000 hectares to make better use of its fisheries potential.
Slaps on the wrist as old hands pollute waters
16/08/2009|07:05:00
Environment authorities in Dong Nai Province, 35 kilometers outside of Ho Chi Minh City, on Monday referred a repeat offender to central agencies to impose stronger penalties.
Many polluters in HCM City disregard penalties
16/08/2009|06:45:00
(VietNamNet Bridge) – Many enterprises in HCMC that have been fined for polluting the environment have continued to discharge wastewater or other polluting substances onto the environment, refused to pay fines or upgrade their treatment facilities as required, said the city's environment inspectors.
A plan for water shortage in Mekong River needed
12/08/2009|09:17:00
Many experts and economists who attended the seminar entitled “Review the Vietnam economy of 2009 and the prospects for post-2010” in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho on August the 6-7th said that Vietnam needs to develop a plan to confront the water shortage situation of the Mekong River.