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Modern villages to be built near Saigon River

Modern agricultural villages along the Saigon River will be built under a plan by HCM City authorities to create new rural areas and more destinations for tourists.

Floods inundate districts along Ca River

Rain-triggered flooding in the lower course of Ca River over recent days has caused severe damage to several districts in Nghe An central province

Pollution threatens City water supply

The pollution on Sai Gon River has become worse over the years as increasing industrialisation along the river bank threatens the main water source of HCM City.

Keppel Land starts marketing condo in District 7

HCMC - Singaporean property company Keppel Land Limited and local partner Tan Truong Company will officially launch their mixed-use development in HCMC’s District 7 next week after the developer gauged market demand since its soft launch in January this year.

Anti-plastic paddler completes Mekong voyage

Australian surfer and stand-up paddle boarder, Rob Kidnie, arrived at the mouth of the Mekong River in Tra Vinh Province on Tuesday, completing an 11 day paddle to campaign against plastic pollution in Vietnam.

Polluting of Saigon River continues unabated

HCMC – HCMC Environmental Protection Agency in a fresh inspection has found over 50% of enterprises located along the Saigon River have no wastewater facilities. This new inspection is the next stage of a probe into polluters along the river after the first stage ending last month that also revealed a similar proportion of violators

River inside the mountain

I am not a big cave man. Caves don’t generally excite me. I know the limestone formations are natural but they seem manufactured, perhaps the multicolored lights in Vietnam’s big cave attractions help create that impression.

Gia Lai to build 22 large reservoirs along Ba River

HCMC – Some 22 large reservoirs will be built along the Ba River in Gia Lai Province to ensure sufficient water supply for farming and household consumption of hundreds of thousands of people living in the lowlands, an official said.

Mekong water security dominates conference agenda

Water scarcity and declining quality would be a challenge to countries in the region, a study group on water resources security was told yesterday.

WWF urges delay in Mekong River dams

The World Wide Fund for Nature wants a better understanding of the impacts of dams before going ahead with them

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Police promote children putting on helmet

"Children also require a helmet" is really a obvious message for his or her parents - Source: Internet photo. HN – While five children in the united states die from traffic accidents everyday, the speed of individuals putting on headgear is not high enough, states Nguyen Hoang Hiep, vice chairman from the National Traffic Safety Committee.The committee is co-operating with Asia Injuries Prevention (AIP) Foundation, the Secretary of state for

Child drownings avoidable: UNICEF

HCM CITY — In Viet Nam, deaths from drowning happens around exactly the same rate as using their company causes until age five, if this starts to improve, research through the Alliance for Safe Children and UNICEF finds.A study entitled "Child Drowning: Evidence For any Recently Recognised Reason For Child Mortality in Low And Middle Earnings Nations in Asia" interviewed Bangladesh, Cambodia, Thailand, and Viet Nam besides Beijing and Jiangxi Province in China.The price of drowning prevention among