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Mekong Delta sinks into the sea

vietnamnet.vn_The Mekong Delta is sinking 2.5cm every year because of ground water extraction and unreasonable planning and constructions on the surface.

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Farmers use underground water during dry season

The problem was discussed at a conference about sinking threat and solution for the Mekong Delta on March 21 in Can Tho City.

According to the results from Rise and Fall Project held by Can Tho University and Utrecht University in Netherlands, many rural lands have a subsidence rate of 10-20mm a year, this rate is 25mm in urban and industrial areas.

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Bustling scene at a market for street vendors in Saigon

 vietnamnet – Last update 18:41 | 08/04/2017

A market for street vendors has been put into operation for over one year at Pham Van Hai Market in HCMC’s Tan Binh District. 

Some 20 households have been approved by local authorities to run business at the market at night time, which helps reduce encroachment on public pavements by street vendors.

It is expected that more spaces will be set up at other districts in HCMC to help street vendors run business. 

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The market is open from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. daily at Pham Van Hai Market in Tan Binh District in HCMC

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Beauty of traditional dress returns to daily life

 vietnamnet – Last update 18:10 | 08/04/2017

As a public service unit in HCMCity’s District 3, the Ward 9 People’s Committee has encouraged its female staff to wear aodai. The sight of Vietnamese workers in the traditional long dress has been lauded by the public.


This is a TV station office. The work requires staff to be dynamic but many female reporters and editors wear the traditional long dress as their daily outfit.

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Monsanto’s Superfund Secret

DISSENT Magazine – Bart Elmore ▪ April 1, 2017


Monsanto elemental phosphorous plant, Soda Springs, Idaho (Kevin Beebe / Flickr)

The world’s most widely used herbicide, Roundup, has faced intense scrutiny in recent weeks, since documents surfaced revealing a close relationship between Monsanto, the creator of Roundup, and EPA officials tasked with regulating herbicide use in the United States. One email exchange included a Monsanto executive boasting that an EPA official had told him he “should get a medal” if he could “kill” an agency investigation into the herbicide.

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AirAsia sets up low-cost airline in Việt Nam

VIETNAM NEWS Update: April, 04/2017 – 18:00|


AirAsia Berhad, the Malaysian budget airline, plans to start a low-cost carrier in Việt Nam by co-operating with local businesses. — Photo Travelandtourworld.com

HÀ NỘI — Malaysian budget airline AirAsia Berhad plans to start a low-cost carrier in Việt Nam, co-operating with local businesses to enter the country’s booming travel market, company representatives told Việt Nam News.

AirAsia signed a shareholders’ agreement with Việt Nam’s Gumin Company Limited, Hải Âu Aviation Joint Stock Company and Trần Trọng Kiên, the owner of these two companies, to form the venture last Friday, which the airline announced in a statement to Malaysia’s stock exchange.

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Viet Nam, UN fight drought malnutrition

Viet Nam News Update: April, 05/2017 – 09:00

Viet Nam UN fight drought malnutritionTwo-year-old Va Vi Nhong Kim holds a ready-to-use therapeutic food sachet, his daily nutrition enhancement staple. — Photo courtesy of UNICEF

HÀ NỘI —  Thousands of children under the age of five living in Central region drought-hit areas are recovering from malnutrition due to an Emergency nutrition intervention programme project.

The news was revealed in a report from National Institute for Nutrition (NIN) at a seminar held in Hà Nội.

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Malaysian parliament passes Tourism Tax Bill in record session

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File photo of Malaysian members of parliament meeting in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo: AFP/Tengku Bahar)

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian parliament passed a Tourism Tax Bill in a record session that lasted for almost 20 hours, ending Thursday (Apr 6) morning.

Parliament was adjourned after the Tourism Tax Bill 2017 that was tabled by Tourism and Culture Minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz was passed with a big majority.

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Vietnamese painting sold for record $1.2 million

TUOI TRE NEWS Updated : 04/05/2017 16:03 GMT + 7


‘Doi song gia dinh’ (Family life), a painting by Le Pho

A painting by 20th-century Vietnamese painter Le Pho has been sold for nearly US$1.2 million at an auction in Hong Kong on Sunday, setting a new record for the highest priced Vietnamese painting ever.

The painting, Family Life (Doi song gia dinh), depicts an intimate family moment during a leisurely day.

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Modern slaves: labour trafficking in the south

Update: April, 04/2017 – 08:00

Fishermen unload tuna at Cát Lở Port in Vũng Tàu City. Workers face risks of being kidnapped for labour trafficking in the area. — VNA/VNS Photo Xuân Trường

Viet Nam News BÀ RỊA-VŨNG TÀU — At about 5pm on the last day of January, 24-year-old Nguyễn Đức Hiển from An Giang Province jumped off a fishing vessel as it was getting ashore near Cát Lở Port in Vũng Tàu City.After being rescued by another fishing boat and handed over to the border guards of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province, Hiển revealed that he was tricked by a xe ôm driver in HCM City and sold to the leader of a labour trafficking ring for VNĐ3.5 million (US$154).

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Caroline Paul: To raise brave girls, encourage adventure

Gutsy girls skateboard, climb trees, clamber around, fall down, scrape their knees, get right back up — and grow up to be brave women. Learn how to spark a little productive risk-taking and raise confident girls with stories and advice from firefighter, paraglider and all-around adventurer Caroline Paul.

Caroline Paul: To raise brave girls, encourage adventure

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 0:11When I was a kid, I was obsessed with the Guinness Book of World Records,and I really wanted to set a world record myself. But there was just one small problem: I had absolutely no talent. So I decided to set a world record in somethingthat demanded absolutely no skill at all. I decided to set a world record in crawling.

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