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VOV News English 1 week(s) ago
(VOV) - Since 2011, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been helping Mekong delta provinces predict and assess the impact of climate change for the 2020-2050 period.
Keywords: Mekong River DeltaEmbankmentsWater ResourcessaltManagingSystemsSalination
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VietnamPlus English 3 week(s) ago
The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang has decided to invest 6.6 billion VND (317,000 USD) in displacing 166 households living in high-risk landslide areas, special-use and protective forests to safe places.
Keywords: Tuyen QuangHouseholdsjustifyriskinstructEmbankmentsThe Provincial Department
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VietnamNet English 1 month(s) ago
VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal sand exploitation damaged the capital city's dike system, said Do Duc Thinh, director of the municipal Flood, Storm Control and Dike Management Department.
Keywords: dikeDo Duc ThinhDike Management DepartmentStorm ControlEmbankmentsLandslidescatch
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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago
Illegal sand exploitation damaged the capital city's dike system, said Do Duc Thinh, director of the municipal Flood, Storm Control and Dike Management Department.
Keywords: dikeDo Duc ThinhDike Management DepartmentStorm ControlEmbankmentsLandslidescatch
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VietNam News English 3 month(s) ago
The Ca Mau People's Committee has said the city would spend VND10 billion (US$480,000) to restore the Ca Mau River.
Keywords: restorespendEmbankmentsDredgingflow
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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago
The second phase of a national programme to build 176 floodproof residential clusters in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta is behind schedule due to higher costs of materials, labour and slow allocation of capital from the Government.
Keywords: proofEmbankmentsDong Thap ProvinceConstruction MinistryDong ThapTran Namlive in
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SaiGon GP English 7 month(s) ago
The project to clean-up the Tan Hoa-Lo Gom Canal, one of the most polluted canals in Ho Chi Minh City, is expected to complete by 2014, according to Le Thanh Liem, director of the City Urban Upgrading Project Management Board and also main investor of the project.
Keywords: canalclean upprojectTan PhuPollutedcompleteDistricts
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VietNam News English 8 month(s) ago
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Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a water conservation programme for the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta from 2012 to 2020.
Keywords: Hau RiversTien RiverEmbankmentsHau GiangPrime Minister Nguyen Tan DungThe Cuu LongMekong Delta
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SaiGon GP English 8 month(s) ago
Every year Ho Chi Minh City allots large amounts of money for fortifying embankments in erosion prone areas to stop landslides, but many obstacles impede this task such as site clearance, resettlement of residents and shortage of adequate funds.
Keywords: EmbankmentscanalDykesSite ClearanceRainfallalongworry
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VietNam News English 8 month(s) ago
Southern Ben Tre Province's Department of Rural Development has asked the Government for VND165 billion (US$8million) to prevent landslides from now until 2015.
Keywords: LandslidesRural DevelopmentpreventEmbankmentsBen Treconcretenow
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 10 month(s) ago
India's annual monsoon has claimed 109 lives since rains started in June and left at least 400,000 people homeless in the northeastern state of Assam, in a tragedy experts say was made worse by corruption and poor management of the Brahmaputra River.
Keywords: FloodsEmbankmentsimageMillionsstateIn June
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VietNam News English 13 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news
The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta needs to take prompt and drastic measures to deal with the steadily worsening problem of landslides and erosion, experts warn.
Keywords: landCho Gao DistrictLandslidesThe Cuu LongMekong DeltaEmbankmentsCa Mau Province
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VietnamPlus English 14 month(s) ago 3 duplicate news
The Management Board for northern waterway projects held a ground-breaking ceremony to build and upgrade the embankments that protect the Red River’s banks in northern Phu Tho province on April 15.
Keywords: EmbankmentsThe Red RivertransportprotectA World BankjustifyNorthern Delta
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VietNam News English 14 month(s) ago
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue will pour VND80 billion (US$3.8 million) from the State budget into the construction of 1km-long embankments to help protect Hai Duong Commune and Thuan An town from erosion.
Keywords: EmbankmentsHuong Tra DistrictThuan AnLast AprillongpourHai Duong
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VietNam News English 15 month(s) ago
The provincial authority of Thua Thien - Hue has approved investments of over VND265 billion (US$12.7 million) for projects to dredge and beautify two tributaries of the Huong (Perfume) River in the ancient city of Hue.
Keywords: canalPerfume RiverAncient CitybedHuong RiverThe Huongproject