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Rising seas threaten Vietnam’s top rice producer

Because of climate change, Kien Giang Province is struggling to maintain its place as Vietnam’s biggest rice producer – a distinction it has held for nearly two decades. The province is well positioned to produce rice. Located on the coast, in an area in Cuu ...

VietnamNet Reporter

Thermal power plants queuing for permission to submerge materials in sea

Coal-fired thermal power plants’ investors have asked for permission to submerge sludge and waste in the sea, raising big concerns about sea pollution.Keep reading ...

Kim Chi

Vietnam has low rate of green certificates for products, buildings

The percentage of Vietnam’s businesses having ISO 14000 certificates is below the average level and much lower than that in China. []By the end of the last year, 732 Vietnam businesses had CoC/FSC certificates, the highest number in Southeast Asia. Of these, 49 businesses got FSC/FM ...

Thanh Lich

ODA and the trap of preferential loans

Vietnam, which has been using ODA (official  development assistance) capital for 25 years, has looked at the situation realistically and found the problems of ODA.Keep reading ...

Mai Lam

Coal-fired thermopower development: which technology for Vietnam?

Energy experts have reassured the public that Vietnam uses advanced technologies in coal-fired thermopower plants, which continue to be the major choice for electricity generation projects. Keep reading ...

Kim Chi

Psychological issues among youths rising

Mental health issues are widespread and increasing in Vietnam, particularly among young people, experts said. Nguyen Van Ca, deputy head of 175 Military Hospital’s Psychiatry Department, said 29 per cent of people with mental disorders were youths and 2.3 per cent had tried to commit suicide ...

VietnamNet Reporter

AI, satellite imagery, radar used to collect hydrological data

Dr Trinh Quang Toan from the UC Davis University has introduced a technology that calculates precipitation, meteorology, hydrology and groundwater for real-time natural calamity forecasting in Vietnam.The forecasting technology combines artificial intelligence, satellite imagery and radar, and together with a computational model, can restore data ...

Kim Mai

More bachelor’s degree graduates go to vocational school

Vocational schools all have reported an increasing number of enrollees in recent years. Unemployed university graduates are also going to vocational school.Prior to 2014, students only went to vocational schools as a last resort. Some students went to any school they could find just to ...

Kim Mai

Vietnam wants to turn waste into alternative fuel for cement production

Up to 80 percent of the 15 million tons of domestic garbage from urban and rural areas every year is treated at landfills, while only 20 percent is incinerated or recycled.The PM last May approved the national strategy on solid waste management until 2025, emphasizing ...

Chi Mai

Tuition fee exemptions for poor secondary pupils

The government has approved tuition fee exemption for students at state-owned secondary schools and children aged five at nursery schools. Under the government’s newly-issued resolution, students in remote and disadvantaged areas will get support for tuition fees when they study at non-state schools.Keep reading ...

VietnamNet Reporter

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