Ca Mau gets dire warning on land subsidence risk: NGI

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 5 hour(s) ago

Ca Mau gets dire warning on land subsidence risk: NGI

Ca Mau, the southernmost province of Vietnam, may disappear entirely in the next few decades due to land subsidence, according to an assessment of the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI).

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Ca Mau sinking with water table

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VietNam News English 18 hour(s) ago 1 related news

Ca Mau sinking with water table

Southernmost Ca Mau Province is in danger of sinking below sea level in the next few decades due to over-exploitation of underground water if something isn't done urgently.

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Land sinking, coastal erosion threaten Ca Mau province

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VietnamPlus English 1 day(s) ago 1 related news

Land sinking, coastal erosion threaten Ca Mau province

This is the warning by experts from the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) at a workshop in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 17.

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VN to annually produce 31 mln tonnes of bio oil from straws

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VietnamPlus English 3 day(s) ago 2 duplicate news

Vietnam is able to produce 31 million tonnes of bio oil per year from straws, one of the agricultural by-products normally burnt up after crops.

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Mekong Delta faces challenges in water management

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VietnamPlus English 6 day(s) ago 1 duplicate news

Challenges that the Mekong Delta is facing in water source management were highlighted at a seminar held by the Southern Institute of Sustainable Development (SISD) and the Centre for Research Development (ZEF) under Germany’s University of Bonn, in Ho Chi Minh City on June 13.

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Mekong Delta expands area of specialty fruit trees

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VietNam News English 1 week(s) ago

The Mekong Delta has additional 20,000 hectares of specialty fruit trees than they did three years ago, according to the Southern Horticultural Research Institute.

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Chile to help Vietnam grow quinoa

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 week(s) ago

Chile's Institute for Agricultural Research said it is helping Vietnam grow quinoa, a plant with an edible grainlike seed packed with nutrients that can grow in harsh conditions.

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Chile helps Vietnam grow Quinoa crop

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VOV News English 1 week(s) ago

Chile helps Vietnam grow Quinoa crop

(VOV) - Chile’s Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) has supported Vietnam in growing quinoa, a grain-like crop noted for its edible seeds that contain high level of nutrition.

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Private and public partnerships the driving force for agriculture

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VietNam News English 2 week(s) ago

Private and public partnerships (PPP) are key to attracting FDI, Dr Dang Kim Son, head of the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development told the Hai quan (Customs) newspaper.

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Vietnam, Japan cooperate for high-yield cassava

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Vietnam, Japan cooperate for high-yield cassava

Vietnamese and Japanese scientists have agreed to study genetically modified cassava to produce a high-yield variety, helping reduce soil erosion or depletion in cassava-growing areas.

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Experts urge new weather approach

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Experts urge new weather approach

Experts urged Vietnam to renew its weather forecasting technology in order to improve its effectiveness in predicting extreme weather phenomena, at a meeting held in the capital on May 21.

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Seminar shares experience in water sector PPPs

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VOV News English 3 week(s) ago 1 related news

The National Economics University and Germany’s Institute of Environmental Engineering and Management held an international seminar in Hanoi on May 23 to share experience in public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the water sector and environmental service.

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Experience in water sector PPPs shared

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VietnamPlus English 3 week(s) ago 1 related news

The National Economics University and Germany’s Institute of Environmental Engineering and Management held an international seminar in Hanoi on May 23 to share experiences in public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the water sector and environmental service.

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Experts urge new weather approach

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Nhân dân English 1 month(s) ago

Experts urge new weather approach

Experts discussed the benefits to Vietnam of using modern weather forecasting technology in order to increase the warning time for inclement weather at a meeting put on by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in the Hanoi on May 21.

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Experts urge new weather approach

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VOV News English 1 month(s) ago 2 related news

Experts urge new weather approach

Experts urged Vietnam to renew its weather forecasting technology in order to improve its effectiveness in predicting extreme weather phenomena, at a meeting held in the capital on May 21.

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