Swallow breeders overcome flu threat

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Swallow breeders overcome flu threat

Viet Nam has reported no more swallows (salanganes) have been found infected with avian flu H5N1 virus in the past three weeks.

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Swallow bird flu under control

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VietnamNet English 2 week(s) ago 2 related news

Swallow bird flu under control

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has reported no more swallows (salanganes) have been found infected with avian flu H5N1 virus in the past three weeks.

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Swallow bird flu under control

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VietNam News English 2 week(s) ago 2 related news

Swallow bird flu under control

Viet Nam has reported no more swallows (salanganes) have been found infected with avian flu H5N1 virus in the past three weeks.

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Vietnam park director fired for trying to evict bear sanctuary

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Báo Thanh Niên English 3 week(s) ago

The director of a national park has been sacked for attempting to evict a bear sanctuary on spurious grounds allegedly cooked up in a high-profile corruption-ridden land dispute.

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Vietnam province culls swifts found inflicted with bird flu

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 month(s) ago

The Ninh Thuan provincial adminsitration began Thursday culling around 100,000 swifts raised for profitable nests at a local farm after the influenza A (H5N1) virus has been found among them for the first time in Vietnam and the world.

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Vietnam says it will draw on SARS experience in H7N9 fight

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 month(s) ago

Vietnam’s government said it will draw on its experiences a decade ago in controlling severe acute respiratory syndrome, known as SARS, as the country mobilizes to prevent any cases or spread of H7N9 avian influenza.

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Hydropower plants destroy vast forest area

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VietnamNet English 1 month(s) ago

Hydropower plants destroy vast forest area

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 20,000 hectares of forest had been chopped down for several purposes, mostly for development of hydropower plants, but only around 700 hectares had been replanted as of the end of 2012.

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Vietnam acts to stop spread of new bird flu strain from China

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 month(s) ago

The Vietnamese agriculture ministry has banned the transport of poultry over borders with China in an effort to stop the spread of a new bird flu strain that has killed two people in the neighboring country recently.

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Vietnam plans to seize illegal foreign vessels, impose hefty fine

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Báo Thanh Niên English 2 month(s) ago

Vietnam’s agriculture ministry has suggested imposing fines of up to US$4,800, in addition to confiscating foreign fishing boats operating illegally in the country’s seawaters.

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Hydropower plants destroy vast forest area

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SaigonTimes English 1 month(s) ago

HCMC – Over 20,000 hectares of forest had been chopped down for several purposes, mostly for development of hydropower plants, but only around 700 hectares had been replanted as of the end of 2012.

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Oversupply will hit local rice farmers’ incomes: VFA

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SaigonTimes English 2 month(s) ago 1 related news

HANOI – Global rice oversupply will make deeper cuts into local rice farmers’ income this year than in 2012, said Truong Thanh Phong, chairman of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

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Cashew exporters required to meet food safety standards

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SaigonTimes English 2 month(s) ago

HCMC – Cashew processors failing to meet food safety and hygiene standards may not be given permission to export products, said Nguyen Duc Thanh, newly-elected chairman of the Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacas).

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Labelling, trademarks key to ensuring safe poultry

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VietNam News English 3 month(s) ago

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has ordered the northern province of Bac Giang to maintain the safe trademark for Yen The chickens while trading them to Ha Noi, as a way to combat illegally-smuggled poultry.

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Ecosystem service scheme shows promise as parties share profits

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Báo QĐND English 4 month(s) ago

Ecosystem service scheme shows promise as parties share profits

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Ecosystem service scheme shows promise as parties share profits

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VietNam News English 4 month(s) ago 2 duplicate news

Viet Nam earned US$58 million from the collection of payments for eco system service (PES) schemes in 2012, the equivalent to the State budget allocation for the forestry sector.

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