Stories tagged with vietnam
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Coldest Vietnam in four decades
Parts of Vietnam have reached their coldest temperatures since the 1960s with ice and snow on the Hoang Lien Son Mountain as well as Sa Pa town in the northern Lao Cai province.
Temperatures have plummeted to around minus three degrees Celsius, according to local media.
News agencies reported that Hoang Lien Son Mountain had seen the most severe frost in 40 years and that this was currently the longest cold snap on record for Vietnam.
Thousands of cattle have been killed by the cold in the northern provinces during the record month-long cold spell, particularly in the northern provinces near southern China.
Highland areas have naturally been worse hit, with 2,000 animals frozen in Ha Giang, around 1,500 in Son La and 1,000 in Lang Son, according to Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cao Duc Phat.
In addition, director of the ministry’s cultivation department, Nguyen Tri Ngoc, reported that 53,000 hectare of rice and 5,000 hectare of grain land had also been devastated by the cold in 16 provinces, including in Hai Duong, Phu Tho, Thai Binh, Hung Yen, Ha Nam and Haiphong City.
Mr Ngoc also blamed the farmers for not heeding ministry warnings of the cold.
The current record cold spell started on January 14 with previous long cold spells lasting for 28 days in 1989 and 26 days in 1968.
Tourists traveling to the region should heed weather warnings and be prepared for unusual cold.
Posted by: Andrew on 16 Feb 2008, 20:48 -
Bangkok's Watery Future
Bhichit Rattakul, director of the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre, told The Nation that simulation models developed by foreign experts to predict the impact of global warming show that almost 55 per cent of Bangkok will be flooded if mean sea levels rise by 50 centimetres, and 72 per cent will be flooded if levels rise by 1 metre. He is urging city planners and architects to take the realities of global warming into account as the do their jobs. Communities in Asia will likely be affected by rising sea levels to a greater extent than those in other parts of the world.
Posted by: Toony on 22 Jun 2007, 10:40 -
Yahoo's New Mobile Portal to Launch in Thailand and Vietnam
According to this report in the Bangkok Post, Internet giant Yahoo will launch its new Internet portal for mobile phones in Thailand on Friday. The portal will also be pre-installed on all upcoming Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, LG, RIM (Blackberry) and HTC mobile phones. The portal is also launching simultaneously in other markets including Vietnam
Posted by: Toony on 20 Jun 2007, 08:37 -
Vietnam Cooperates with Neighbours to Boost Rice Exports
The People's Daily Online carries details of the cooperation agreement between Vietnam and the other countries of the five-way Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy to boost rice exports. The strategy focuses on the transfer of farming techniques to improve quality across the board, and the sharing of market insights to increase competitiveness.
VietNamNet Bridge has a few more details courtesy of Viet Nam News.
Posted by: Toony on 19 Jun 2007, 08:31 -
More Bird Flu in Central Vietnam Ducks
Reuters AlertNet carries another report of bird flu in central Vietnam. There are also some details related to human infections.
Posted by: Toony on 14 Jun 2007, 17:16 -
Chiang Mai to Host EATOF Forum this Year
Chiang Mai will host the 2007 forum for East Asia Interregional Tourism Forum (EATOF) according to an announcement by Junapong Saranak, Director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Northern Department Region 1. The EATOF is a non-governmental organisation comprising representative cities throughout East Asia with a shared vision to encourage regional tourism. The Nation carried ChiangMai Citylife story.
Posted by: Toony on 14 Jun 2007, 08:39 -
Potential Railway Link between HCM and Cambodian Border
Two Chinese companies are looking at linking Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Phuoc province in Vietnam by rail. The route would potentially be part of the Trans-Asia railway from Yunnan to Singapore, tentatively talked about as being completed by 2015. The People's Daily Online brought the details.
Posted by: Toony on 11 Jun 2007, 15:00 -
Mekong Migrant Workers Face High Risks of HIV Infection
The recent growth in the number of migrant workers between countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion is leading to increased exposure of those workers to the risk of HIV infection, according to a report on a recent conference in Bangkok orgainised by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The organization will try to improve the situation through educational videos. Thanh Nien News carried the story.
Posted by: Toony on 11 Jun 2007, 10:41 -
Tornado Hits Northern Vietnam
A tornado has destroyed 57 houses and 19 workshops in northern Vietnam, causing at least one death. Australia's Herald Sun has some early details.
Posted by: Toony on 07 Jun 2007, 16:27 -
Vietnam President to Make Official U.S. Visit
Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet will visit U.S. President George W. Bush in the White House on June 22. According to US Embassy officials the formal invitation has been made to Triet to be the first Vietnamese leader to visit Washington since the end of the U.S. war in Vietnam in 1975. Yahoo News carried the Reuters story.
Posted by: Toony on 06 Jun 2007, 08:24 -
Viva Macau Prepares New Six Routes
Viva Macau, a low-cost international airline operating out of Macau, has plans to begin flights to Phuket in Thailand, Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, Tokyo and Osaka in Japan, Pusan in South Korea, and Manila in the Philippines with two Boeing 767 aircraft in July. By the end of 2007, they hope to have three more Boeing aircraft. Macau Hub has more detail.
Posted by: Toony on 01 Jun 2007, 16:35 -
Indochinese Refugees on the Brink of Chinese Citizenship
The United Nation said that 260,000 Indochinese refugees who fled to China in the late 1970s and early 1980s may be granted Chinese citizenship. Most of the refugees were originally from Vietnam, with some from Laos and Cambodia. They are mainly settled in southern China. Reuters has the details.
Posted by: Toony on 01 Jun 2007, 12:08 -
Bird Flu Found in Ducks in Vietnam
Reuter reports that yet more cases of bird flu have been found in ducks in central Vietnam. Agriculture Minister Cao Duc Phat said the situation is unusual because bird flu thrives best in cool temperatures but this has been happening at the start of summer. Reuters' AlertNet news which has the report.
Posted by: Toony on 01 Jun 2007, 09:01 -
Development of Seaport and Airport in Vietnam
A prominent Vietnamese economist has pointed to the necessity for the country to upgrade its seaport and airport infrastructure for the economic benefit of the region including Indochina and the East-West Economic Corridor. He suggested that development of seaports and airports can guarantee the success of the government's strategy.
Pham Chi Lan, a government economic expert explained that investment should be poured into five major seaports and four international airports that could be shared by all the provinces.
Yahoo Finance News carried the Asia Pulse story.
Posted by: Toony on 30 May 2007, 11:39 -
US$85 Million Health Care Project for Vietnamese
Thanh Nien Daily reports that the Vietnamese government has allocated US$85 million to healthcare improvements for people in the Mekong delta area. The World bank contributed loans worth $70 million and the Japanese government provided non-refundable aid worth $5 million. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2011.
Minister of Health Tran Thi Trung Chien said that the project is aimed at improving the capacity of the health care system and will be covering 13 provinces and cities.
Posted by: Toony on 30 May 2007, 08:50 -
Hope to Fight the Deadly H5N1 Strain
The Daily Mail reports on a possible way to fight the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu by using antibodies from Vietnamese survivors. Research has so far been limited to mice, but it sounds like more funding is on the way.
Posted by: Toony on 29 May 2007, 10:45 -
Upgrading Mekong River Trade
Transport ministers from the six nations along the Mekong River have signed a co-operation agreement to jointly build a cross-border trade and transport systems. By the end of the year, China will improve the channels of the Mekong to enable larger vessels to sail between China, and the countries downriver. Cargonews Asia has many more details on the various projects underway.
Posted by: Toony on 28 May 2007, 14:58 -
Bird Flu in Vietnam
According to Reuters, the Vietnamese Agriculture Ministry stated that bird flu has spread to another province in Northern Vietnam. Ducks tested at a poultry farm in Ninh Binh province were found to be infected with the H5N1 virus, bringing to nine the total number of cities and provinces affected by the current outbreak.
Posted by: Toony on 28 May 2007, 11:10 -
Bird Flu Suspected in Vietnamese Man
A man has been admitted to Hanoi's Bach Mai hospital suspected of suffering from bird flu. If confirmed this will be the first case of human H5N1 infection in Vietnam since late 2005, Than Nhien carried the story, and the Bangkok Post has more details from the newswire.
Posted by: Watt on 23 May 2007, 13:30 -
Bird Flu Resurfaces in Central Vietnam
Further cases of bird flu infection have been detected in central Vietnam for the third time in less than a month. The local animal health department has found H5N1 virus from the tested samples after over 400 ducks died in a farm in Nhan Thanh commune, Nghe An province last week. Thanhnien also has a report on some actions taken by the local health department.
Posted by: Watt on 22 May 2007, 14:26