Raw materials used to make plastic water bottles

Microalgae can retain 70-80 percent of CO2 emitted from motorbike exhaust pipes. Algae filter membranes also can be used as decoration, and can prevent water from penetrating exhaust pipes during flooding, according to Tran Gia Linh from the HCM City Economics – Law University, representing Bitbo, the team of students developing algae filter membranes to absorb CO2 from motorbikes. … [Read more...] about Microalgae can reduce pollution and be used as biofuel

HÀ NỘI – Saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta might reduce between late March and June this year, according to Phùng Tiến Dũng, head of the Hydrological Forecasting Department for the Central, Central Highlands and Southern region. … [Read more...] about Saltwater intrusion in Mekong Delta to ease by April

Son Nam, a famous Vietnamese writer and cultural researcher, said broken rice was a popular dish among the working class in the Mekong Delta. When workers migrated to urban areas, they took the dish with them, modifying it over the years. But its basic ingredient, fragments of rice grains broken by milling or during drying, has remained unchanged. … [Read more...] about Chau Doc Town’s 6 distinctive dishes

Last year Thanh, a worker at a plastic company in HCMC's Binh Tan District who earns around VND9 million ($387.6) a month, paid VND 6.5 million ($279.9) for air tickets and a month’s salary on buying gifts and giving red envelopes with ‘lucky money’ during the Lunar New Year. … [Read more...] about Tet pressures not worth it, say migrants who stay back

From her memories, her father used to find his smoking tools here, like the Vietnamese bamboo pipes, smoking bowls, bamboo slices, and traditional Vietnamese rice wine, while her mother carefully picked the best river crabs to steam her authentic northern jute mallow veggie soup. … [Read more...] about North markets home sweet home for Vietnamese northerners living in Saigon