Forest lands stir controversy
Land disputes between State forest enterprises and local people have turned sour in many localities nationwide, said director of the Consultancy on Development Institute Pham Quang Tu at a workshop in the capital yesterday.
Rising waters
Developing nations in the Asia-Pacific region must build up climate resiliency and shift towards lower-carbon pathways if they want to sustain hard-won human development gains attained over the past decades in the changing climate context.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi yesterday affirmed that Viet Nam opposes the Chinese Department of Fisheries' ban on fishing in the East Sea.
The Government should draft a plan to replant coffee trees and subsidise the costs to ensure the sustainable development of the coffee industry, a conference heard in HCM City yesterday.
Films to ignite European Days
European cinema will shine out from local theatres to entertain movie buffs starting today in what will be the largest number screenings to date.
Two workers were killed on Monday as a bridge under construction suddenly collapsed in Dinh Tri Commune in northeastern Bac Giang City.
Alarm sounds over maternal mortality
The maternal mortality rate in Viet Nam currently stands at 75 per 100,000 live births, over five times higher than that in developed countries, according to the HCM City Health Department.
Central region harnesses wind
Malaysian Timar Wind Solar Energy will invest US$800 million in developing the wind power industry of central Ninh Thuan Province, according to an agreement signed on Monday.
Lack of co-ordination keeps HCM City polluted: official
One year into a five-year programme to reduce environmental pollution in HCM City, very little improvement has been made, the city leader has admitted.
Viet Nam Bank for Social Policy deputy general director Nguyen Van Ly spoke to the newspaper Nong thon Ngay nay (Countryside Today) newspaper about development strategies.


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