All year long

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam records from 10-15 flash floods each year, mostly in the northern mountainous, central, Central Highlands and southeastern regions, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Vu Duc Long said on January 15. He informed that the country is building a project to assess disaster risks in regions and make a flash flood and landslide warning map in the mountainous and midland regions. Accordingly, the project will be carried out in 37 mountainous provinces and 34 main river basins and 95 sub-basins. It will offer flash flood risk maps for 14 northern mountainous provinces at the 1:100,000 scale and 19 central and Central Highlands localities at the 1:50,000 scale, while providing data of cross-section measurements in 36 small river basins in the northern mountainous region and topographic maps at the 1: 5,000 scale for 58 residential areas at risk of flash floods in 19 central and Central Highlands localities./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam witnesses 10-15 flash floods each year

Lâm Cần Nguyên from Vị Thanh City of Hậu Giang Province worked with Hải Sơn Seedling Company in Bến Tre Province to set up a grapefruit farm called Ruby in Vĩnh Hoà Hưng Nam Commune, Gò Quao District of Kiên Giang Province. … [Read more...] about Farmer fixes salty soil to plant fruit for export

In order to carry out the flood prevention project, about 280 households must be relocated and the river bank must be repaired. The authorities must also dredge the river. Quy Nhon City People's Committee will be responsible for organising the resettlement areas and compensation fund. The Binh Dinh People's Committee will be responsible for the funding of the construction and any renovation. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 16

Many provinces have also implemented domestic waste classification models, yielding practical effects, such as taking full advantage of organic waste for agricultural production, and significantly reducing the total amount of waste for treatment or burial. A typical example is the organic recovery model for processing waste into compost at the Hue Phuong Green Environment Company in Tay Ninh Province. Currently, six Mekong Delta facilities use composting technology with a capacity of 60-200 tonnes per day in Vinh Long, Tra Vinh, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau, Kien Giang and Dong Thap districts. … [Read more...] about Waste treatment flourishes in Mekong Delta, southeastern provinces

The city has been facing challenges finding investment in such traffic projects because investors do not see the benefits of investing in the projects or are hesitant to invest because they are all done on a massive scale and require a vast amount of capital. … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City seeks investment for seven major projects