An American social-ecologist offered her insights into the effects of ocean pollution on fishing communities around the world, including Vietnam, during a panel discussion following a screening of environmental documentary ‘Trashed’ in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday afternoon. The American Center, run by the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, hosted a screening of the feature-length documentary followed by a panel discussion on December 9 as part of an effort to address the global challenge of saving the ailing oceans. First released in May 2012, ‘Trashed’ follows Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons around the world as he explores several destinations that have been hit particularly hard by ocean pollution, including Sidon - the third-largest city in Lebanon, the Gulf of California, and Plymouth - a port city situated on the south coast of Devon in England. In Sidon, a mountain of household garbage towering 40 meters high is wreaking havoc on the Eastern … [Read more...] about US social-ecologist reflects on destruction of world’s oceans at Saigon film screening, panel discussion
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New dyke protects river bank residents
Riverbank strengthening work along the Lũy River in Bắc Bình District was inaugurated on Thursday. — Photo courtesy of the Belgian embassy Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — A newly-built dyke project using financial assistance from Belgium is expected to provide protection to as many as 500 people living on the banks of the Lũy River in Bình Thuận Province’s Bắc Bình District. A press release issued by the Belgian Embassy in Hà Nội on Thursday states that the riverbank strengthening work conducted from April to December 2018 used 567,000 euro (US$653,000) from Belgian funds and another 76,600 euro from other sources. While many sections of the river have unstable banks, two sections were identified as critical, including 330m of the river bank in Phan Thanh Commune, and 250m of the river bank in Chợ Lầu Town, it said. The construction includes concrete and rock reinforcement of the river bank … [Read more...] about New dyke protects river bank residents
Hà Nội’s residents suffer bad air
Illustrative photo. — VNA/VNS PhotoViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Air quality in Hà Nội has become worse recently, with air quality index (AQI) measurements ranging from 78 to 178 according to the Environment Protection Centre of the city’s Natural Resources and Environment Department. When the AQI, which measures daily air pollution, is in this range, the air quality is considered unhealthy and people may begin to experience some adverse health effects. Members of sensitive groups may experience more serious effects. Monitoring results in the urban areas of Trung Yên, Kim Liên, Mỹ Đình, Tân Mai and Tây Mỗ showed the AQI had been high. The same situation was seen in Hoàn Kiếm and Ba Đình districts. Bad air quality was recorded at monitoring points near major roads, especially on Minh Khai Street (part of National Route 32) and from Phạm Văn Đồng Street to Thăng … [Read more...] about Hà Nội’s residents suffer bad air
Local seasoning Mr. Cook for healthier local residents
Mr. Cook (Ong Bep) giving these spices as a gift for poor women The launching ceremonies of the Mr. Cook (Ong Bep) brand of condiments in Hanoi and numerous provinces recently was sizzling with excitement from the more than 300 attendees, most of whom were housewives looking to try the “Made in Vietnam” nutrition products that have already conquered most southern provinces and are making serious headways in overseas markets like Japan and Europe. To start its conquest of the northern provinces on a high note, each participant was presented with a gift bag of 10 Mr. Cook spice and seasoning products by Nguyen Huynh Dat personally. As the creator of leading multinationals of the spice world for the Vietnamese market for more than 20 years, Nguyen Huynh Dat, CEO of Vietnam-Japan Food Industries JSC – Mr. Cook’s brand owner, was confident that customers would straightaway see the difference between Mr. Cook’s naturally fermented soybean soy sauce and spice … [Read more...] about Local seasoning Mr. Cook for healthier local residents
VinAI Announces Scientific Research at the World’s No.1 Conference on Artificial Intelligence – NeurIPS 2019
HANOI, VIETNAM - Media OutReach - 13 December 2019 - VinAI Research (directly under Vingroup) has just announced the first two scientific research results at NeurIPS - the world's No. 1 conference on artificial intelligence in Canada. The event not only marks VinAI in the world technology community, but also shows the transformation of Vingroupinto a leading technology corporation, gradually integrating with the global technology peak.Dr Bui Hai Hung,Director of VinAI Research, makes a speech at NeuIPS 2019 NeurIPS 2019 (Neural Information Processing Systems - The annual international conference on artificial neural network information processing systems) will take place on December 8-14, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. This is the largest AI summit in the year. This year's conference has a total of more than 1,400 articles accepted, out of a total of more than 6,700 articles submitted. Google, Google Brain and Google Deepmind have the highest number of articles accepted. MIT University has … [Read more...] about VinAI Announces Scientific Research at the World’s No.1 Conference on Artificial Intelligence – NeurIPS 2019