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Preparing for
climate change
VietnamNews
Agency, December 8, 2009
HA NOI — Prime Minister
Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday asked ministries and sectors to continue updating
climate forecasts and have an overall plan for irrigation, hydropower
plants, transport and protective forests to cope with climate change.
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BBC team studies
global warming
VietnamNews
Agency, December 8, 2009
HCM CITY — A group of
journalists from BBC World Service, an international multimedia broadcaster,
and their local counterparts began yesterday a four-day expedition on boat
to explore the effects of climate change on life in Viet Nam’s Cuu Long
(Mekong) Delta.
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Minister pushes
ASEAN road, rail and sea links
VietnamNews Agency,
December 8, 2009
HA NOI — Vietnamese
Minister of Transport Ho Nghia Dung yesterday called on ASEAN transport
ministers to push for early implementation of transport agreements among
their countries and to co-operate with their partners to find effective
formulas for infrastructure development.
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WTO Chief says
hopes of Doha deal are uncertain
Khaleej Times Online,
December 7, 2009
SEOUL – The World Trade Organisation chief urged
members Monday to resist protectionist pressure in the wake of the economic
crisis, but said hopes of an early deal to free up international commerce
are uncertain.
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Fishermen unaware of new EU rule
VietnamNews Agency, December 5, 2009
Fishermen will be required
to keep a report on each individual fishing trip in order to meet the EU’s
illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) regulation, which takes
effect in less than a month, according to the Vietnamese Department of
Fisheries Resource Management.
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Geneva talks
focus on state of VN economy
VietnamNews Agency,
December 5, 2009
GENEVA — Viet Nam’s
economic situation took spotlight at a business conference held in Geneva,
Switzerland, on Thursday.
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