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Dirty greens: Why some southern farmers refuse to eat the water spinach they grow

A man takes a big bowl of waste vehicle oil from a bucket and splash the thick black liquid directly onto his water spinach field. Some of his farming neighbors in Thuong Xuan Ward in District 12, Ho Chi Minh City are showed doing the same in a ...

Thailand's Tasco earmarks $61.8mln for M&A deals in Vietnam, Indonesia

Tipco Asphalt Pcl, or Tasco, a major asphalt manufacturer in Thailand, plans to acquire five companies in Vietnam and Indonesia for a total of $61.8 million, news website Deal Street Asia reported this week. Keep reading ...

Vietnam looking at $4 billion trade deficit in 2015

Vietnam could run up a US$4 billion trade deficit for the whole year after three consecutive years of a trade surplus, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) said. The trade deficit would account for 2.4 per cent of total exports, much lower than the set ...

Vietnam Navy asked to end dredging at southern military port to prevent erosion

Kien Giang Province has requested that the government and the Navy end sand dredging at a military port in Phu Quoc as the activity is starting to cause severe erosion.   A statement from the province authorities said the dredging has caused erosion along one kilometer around ...

Urgent need for law to control water pollution

Formulating a specific law to control water pollution in the country’s legislative work programme is a necessary task of Vietnam’s State agencies and scientists to ensure national sustainable development. A consensus on this was reached by participants at a workshop on roles of the Vietnam Union ...

Nghe An culls thousands of chickens to prevent bird flu outbreak

Health authorities in the central province of Nghe An have culled more than 2,365 chicken after many of them were found infected with two dangerous strains of bird flu.  Keep reading ...

Vietnam health inspectors to check Pepsi, Coca-Cola products

The Ministry of Health has announced its plan to send inspectors to four of the biggest beverage companies in Vietnam, including Pepsi and Coca-Cola, for a thorough check of their products.  Keep reading ...

Vietnam finance ministry allays concerns about local governments' debts

A representative of the finance ministry has allayed concerns that many local governments are struggling financially, after local media reported two agencies in the southern region are drowning in debt.   Speaking to news website VnExpress on 7 December, Vo Thanh Hung, chief of the ministry’s budget ...

Vietnam-Laos border marker increase, upgrade completed

At a meeting in Hanoi, Vinh – who is also the head of the Defence Ministry’s steering board for the border demarcation and marker planting – said the ministry considers the increase of and upgrade to border markers critical to the countries’ defence, security, dialogue, ...

Mining destroys local way of life

The mining of minerals has caused serious harm to the public’s environment, experts warned. A recent report presented at a workshop held by the People and Nature Centre (PanNature) and the Vietnam Mining Coalition showed that mining activities is a direct cause of hunger and poverty ...

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