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On June 8, Phu Quoc District authorities launched a campaign to clean up plastic waste in the area. The campaign attracted many volunteers. The local authorities also called for investors to waste treatment projects and started more programmes on how to limit the use of plastic garbage. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s largest island Phu Quoc struggles to search for new dumping site

Vice chairman of Ca Mau Province’s People’s Committee Le Van Su told the conference the province had been severely affected by the impacts of climate change and the increasing frequency and severity of typhoons, whirlwinds, rising sea levels and droughts. These have led to erosion along river banks and coastal areas as well as serious saline intrusion, affecting the livelihoods of local people. … [Read more...] about Anti-erosion infrastructure must be upgraded before rainy season: deputy minister

Most Dien Chau’s traders don’t like tigers weighing 200 kilograms but prefer 100-120 kilograms. The tigers, after being fattened for one year, weigh 200-220 kilograms. At that time, the traders sell tigers for VND3-4 million per kilogram. Vietnamese traders from Dien Chau, Yen Thanh and Quynh Luu districts come to the farm to buy tigers.  … [Read more...] about How illegal traders bring tigers into Vietnam

Vietnamese scientist in South Korea sets up start-up to create robots Based on research with a high level of applicability, Dr Pham Quang Cuong of Nanyang Technology University, set up Eureka Robotics, a startup specializing in providing robots to large corporations. … [Read more...] about Robot helpers put medical staff at ease

In 2018, Prof Jerome Friendman, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990, came to Vietnam to attend a conference. He met with Vietnamese students who had won prizes at international competitions in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, information technology and astronomy. Later, he got a scholarship from the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training and the French INRA (National Institute for Agricultural Research) to study in France where he obtained t'a master’s degree and doctorate. … [Read more...] about The ‘quiet assistant’ to Prof Tran Thanh Van