Vietnam market bans pesticide-contaminated ginger from China

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A wholesale market in Ho Chi Minh City has banned traders from selling Chinese ginger after tests found a highly poisonous chemical in the products.

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Lighted lotus lanterns celebrate Buddha’s birth, canal’s revival

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Lighted lotus lanterns celebrate Buddha’s birth, canal’s revival

Seven big lotus-shaped lanterns were lighted up on May 17 evening for the first time on the Phu Nhuan district’s ward 2 section of the Nhieu Loc canal, the ‘dead’, seriously contaminated canal which was recently dredged up and brought back to life, to mark the Buddha’s 2557th birthday.

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By 2015, about 500,000 hectares of land cleared of bombs and mines

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By 2015, about 500,000 hectares of land cleared of bombs and mines

PANO - 500,000 hectares of land, especially in areas seriously contaminated with bombs and mines, will be ready for socio-economic development by 2015. This is the target of the National Action Program on Overcoming Post-war Aftermath of Bombs and Mines (Program 504) by 2015.

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National programme launched to clear bombs, mines

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Vietnam has adopted a national action programme worth VND14 trillion (about US$700 million) to address the consequences of war-left bombs and mines by 2015.

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Vietnam may ban certain agricultural products from China

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Vietnam may ban certain agricultural products from China

Chinese ginger being sold at the Hoc Mon wholesales market in Ho Chi Minh City

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Vietnam, Japan study dioxin effects on infants

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Vietnam, Japan study dioxin effects on infants

Dioxin levels in the milk of first-time mothers living near the heavily-contaminated Bien Hoa airport in southern Dong Nai province have been found to be higher than levels recorded in other regions.

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Vietnam, Japan study dioxin effects on infants

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Dioxin levels in the milk of first-time mothers living near the heavily-contaminated Bien Hoa airport in southern Dong Nai province have been found to be higher than levels recorded in other regions.

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Quang Tri bomb and mine victims receive support

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Quang Tri bomb and mine victims receive support

Donating wheelchairs to disabled people.

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Vietnam aims to clear bomb-polluted areas

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Vietnam is seeking further global assistance to clean up bomb and mine contaminated areas.

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Vietnam aims to clear bomb-polluted areas

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Vietnam is seeking further global assistance to clean up bomb and mine contaminated areas.

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Vietnam wants help to clear bomb-polluted areas

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Vietnam wants help to clear bomb-polluted areas

Vietnam wants further global assistance to clear bomb and mine contaminated areas in the time to come, said a Vietnamese official.

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Vietnam wants help to clear bomb-polluted areas

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Vietnam wants help to clear bomb-polluted areas

Vietnam wants further global assistance to clear bomb and mine contaminated areas in the time to come, said a Vietnamese official.

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Huge volume of dioxin-contaminated soil not buried

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VietnamNet English 3 week(s) ago

Huge volume of dioxin-contaminated soil not buried

VietNamNet Bridge – There are still 240,000 cubic meters of soil and sludge contaminated with dioxin in Dong Nai Province’s Bien Hoa Airport area not buried, posing high risks to people’s health and the environment, said an environment official.

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US to double funding of dioxin clearance project in Vietnam

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US to double funding of dioxin clearance project in Vietnam

The tank being built to heat dioxin-contaminated soil in Da Nang, under a project conducted in conjunction with USAID. Photo by Vu Phuong Thao

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Detoxification project continues in Da Nang

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VietNam News English 3 week(s) ago

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has signed a third and final contract to get rid of dioxin at the highly contaminated airport in central Da Nang City.

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