Last updated: Thursday, July 7, 2011
The Red River Delta has critical levels of toxic arsenic experts said at a Wednesday conference in Hanoi.
Research presented at the conference showed arsenic poisoning from naturally occurring arsenic compounds in underground water in many places around the country, especially the Red River Delta provinces...
Last updated: Monday, June 27, 2011
Coal mining in the northern province of Quang Ninh. Vietnam, a major coal exporter, imported its first load of the fuel this month.
Vietnam imported its first load of coal this month even as it continues exporting large quantities of the fuel.
This is irrational and the country should have stopped exporting it years ago, Nguyen...
Last updated: Friday, March 18, 2011
A man fishes from an exposed mud flat on the Red River in Hanoi. Riparian communities have complained that the shrinking waterway has become increasingly shallow and polluted in recent years.
For thousands of years, poor subsistence-level communities have survived on the bounty of the...
Last updated: Sunday, January 23, 2011
Scientists urge for urgent action as more than one-fourth of water wells in the Red River Delta are contaminated with the carcinogenic chemicals
A resident in Vietnam’s Red River Delta shows skin lesions caused by arsenic poisoning. Scientists have warned...
Last updated: Saturday, September 4, 2010
Ha Noi’s western areas have great opportunities and resources for real estate development projects
VnnNews – Ha Noi’s western areas have great opportunities and resources for real estate development projects, according to real estate experts.< />
Real estate credit growing slowly
Real-estate men forecast...
Last updated: Saturday, September 4, 2010
Ha Noi’s western areas have great opportunities and resources for real estate development projects
VnnNews – Ha Noi’s western areas have great opportunities and resources for real estate development projects, according to real estate experts.< />
Real estate credit growing slowly
Real-estate men forecast...
Last updated: Monday, August 30, 2010
Major information about six tourist destinations, including: Hanoi, Sapa, Hue City, Da Nang City, Da Lat, Nha Trang and HCM City.
Hanoi
Hoan Kiem Lake (Hanoi).
Area: 3.324,92 sq. km
Population: 6,448,9 thousand habitants (April 2009).
Administrative divisions: -10 urban districts: Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Dong Da, Hai Ba...
Last updated: Sunday, August 29, 2010
Major information about six tourist destinations, including: Hanoi, Sapa, Hue City, Da Nang City, Da Lat, Nha Trang and HCM City.
Hanoi
Hoan Kiem Lake (Hanoi).
Area: 3.324,92 sq. km
Population: 6,448,9 thousand habitants (April 2009).
Administrative divisions: -10 urban districts: Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Dong Da, Hai Ba...
Last updated: Friday, June 25, 2010
VnnNews – Italian artist Giuseooe Mastropierro unveiled a ceramic mosaic, part of a giant mural along the Red River in Hanoi, for viewers on June 22.
70% of Ceramic Road completed in Hanoi< />
Ceramic Road may become “cultural rubbish”, experts warn
Feedback from Ceramic Road’s author
The painting...
Last updated: Sunday, June 6, 2010
VnnNews – The International Puppet Festival is helping Vietnamese water puppet troupes expand their repertoire.
VnnNews – The International Puppet Festival is helping Vietnamese water puppet troupes expand their repertoire.
The “Magician” of water puppetry Water Puppetry is one of Vietnam’s...
