Last day Chinese media highlighted the success of cloud seeding by the Chinese met department. And today there is the news from Taiwan that a tropical cyclone named, Mirinae, killed 57 people. Is there any correlation in these two events, well climatologist will say they need...
Typhoon Ketsana has been named as Vietnam’s strongest storm in the last four decade by Vietnamese authorities. The Central Standing Committee for Flood and Storm Control on October 6 held a press conference...
The World Wildlife Fund for Nature Viet Nam, in co-operation with central provinces, recently launched a project to protect saola and other endemic hoofed mammals in the Truong Son Range.Saola, along with two...
The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has offered assistance to typhoon victims in Viet Nam.The typhoon, which struck central Viet Nam last Tuesday, caused 159 people dead, 15 others missing and a...
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Tigers are disappearing from their natural habitats in Vietnam and authorities need to protect them better, experts told a Friday conference in Hanoi. Pham Mau Giao, a professor who has roamed forests nationwide for 45 years studying Vietnam’s Indochinese Tiger (Panthera...
A seminar on literature and art for children opens today, October 2, in Hanoi reviewing the results of the Children's Voice project in Viet Nam.The three-year project has been jointly implemented by the Youth Theatre and the Swedish International Theatre Institute (ITI) since...
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There is a link between having parasitic worms in your stomach and being protected from allergies, shows a new study conducted in Vietnam. The study looked for a link between hookworm and other types of parasitic worms and the rates of allergies in humans. The researchers...
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Angry nature is in killing mood, after killing more than 200 in phillipines Typhoon Ketsana killed 23 in central Vietnam.Rescue operation is in full swing but bad weather is making it tough for the rescue team to...
She ws the tall, winnowy blonde who set boys' hearts aglow and the folk music movement on fire.Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul and Mary, is dead. " Mary Travers, whose ringing, earnest vocals with the folk trio Peter,...
" The US army officer convicted for his part in the notorious My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War has offered his first public apology, a US report says. "There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel...
Waterproof rice gene identified Rice is the staple food for more than three billion people Scientists say they have identified a gene that will allow rice plants to survive being completely submerged in water for up to two weeks. Most rice...
An "Ibiza" in Communist Vietnam? Seventh in a series of short descriptions about different beach destinations in Vietnam. The rising star of Vietnam's south-central "Beach Coast" destinations, Mui Ne Beach, Phan...
Sixth in a series of short descriptions about different beach destinations in Vietnam. On Vietnam's south-central "Beach Coast", Nha Trang Beach in Khanh Hoa Province remains arguably the most beautiful beach in...
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Deserted and Delightful!Fifth in a series of short descriptions about different beach destinations in Vietnam. On Vietnam's south-central "Beach Coast", this is a group of beaches clustered around the town of Quy...
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Street food. Chances are, if you’ve ever lived in or visited a major city on vacation or business, you’ve enjoyed the taste and convenience of local street food from a cart, stand, market stall, or outdoor...