New hydro dam breaks, farmers lucky to survive

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New hydro dam breaks, farmers lucky to survive

A 40-metre breach in the newly-built la Krel 2 dam in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai caused flooding that swept away at least 10 farm workers yesterday. All were rescued unharmed.

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Dam breaks in Viet Nam's Central Highlands

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VietNam News English 6 day(s) ago 1 related news

A 40-metre breach in the newly built Ia Krel 2 dam in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai caused flooding that swept away at least 10 farm workers, but luckily all of them were rescued unharmed.

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Careful deliberation of hydropower projects in Dong Nai province

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Careful deliberation of hydropower projects in Dong Nai province

The Department of Industry and Trade in Ho Chi Minh City has proposed to the City People’s Committee to organize an international seminar to deliberate on the environment impact of Dong Nai 6 and 6A Hydropower Projects, inviting both national and foreign scientists.

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Bloomberg unveils plan to save NY from climate change

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Bloomberg unveils plan to save NY from climate change

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday unveiled a $19.5 billion plan to boost the city's defenses against climate change, seven months after superstorm Sandy devastated the US East Coast.

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Asia 'megacities' face disaster timebomb

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 10 month(s) ago

Asia 'megacities' face disaster timebomb

Asian nations must act quickly to protect their cities from flooding and other natural disasters as rapid urbanisation raises environmental risks, the Asian Development Bank said Wednesday.

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Europe floods force tens of thousands from their homes

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Europe floods force tens of thousands from their homes

Central Europe's worst floods in over a decade claimed a 12th victim on Wednesday as torrents surged down rivers through the Czech Republic and Germany, flooding villages, threatening cities and forcing mass evacuations.

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Two missing in Austria as heavy rains force evacuations

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Two missing in Austria as heavy rains force evacuations

Two people were missing in Austria on Sunday following landslides triggered by heavy rains that have forced the evacuation of at least 200 people from their homes, local authorities said.

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Tornadoes, floods kill 14 in US Midwest

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Tornadoes, floods kill 14 in US Midwest

Tornadoes and floods in the United States killed at least 14 people, including two children, officials said Saturday, with most of the fatalities in Oklahoma where a monster twister struck last month.

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The invasion of Chinese sturgeons into Vietnam warned

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The invasion of Chinese sturgeons into Vietnam warned

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have voiced their concern over the flooding of Chinese sturgeons in the Vietnamese market, which would kill the Vietnamese sturgeon farming industry.

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Deltas on frontlines of change

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VietNam News English 3 week(s) ago

Renske Peters from the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment spoke with Viet Nam News about climate change on the sidelines of the World Delta Dialogues II conference in HCM City.

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Investor promises less obstruction from canal cleanup project

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Investor promises less obstruction from canal cleanup project

Le Thanh Liem, director of the City Urban Upgrading Project Management Board and investor of the project to clean up Tan Hoa-Lo Gom Canal, said that they would try their best to minimize flooding caused by on-going construction of the project.

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Cleaning up the capital city

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Cleaning up the capital city

VietNamNet Bridge – The capital city plans to construct 39 waste treatment plants for urban areas with an expected capacity of 1.8 million cubic metres per day by 2030, stretching to nearly 2.5 million cubic metres per day by 2050.

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City fixes flood areas, but new ones emerge

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City fixes flood areas, but new ones emerge

HCM City will not suffer serious flooding in the coming rainy season, a senior official says.

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WB kicks off drainage project in Quang Nam

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WB kicks off drainage project in Quang Nam

The ground-breaking ceremony for the project ( Image: Nhandan )

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HCMC hopes to have flooding under control by 2015

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HCMC hopes to have flooding under control by 2015

Ho Chi Minh City is targeting to resolve the perennial problem of flooding caused by rainwater and high tide in the central areas of the City by 2015.

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