Vietnam

Flooding toll rises; capital under water

Much of the Vietnamese capital remained under water Sunday as the death toll from the city's worst flooding in two decades climbed to 17, disaster officials and state media reported.

Publication Date:

03/11/2008

Source: International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)

Tags:

Floods, Vietnam

Natural Disasters

Vietnam floods kill 12, capital under water

Hanoi,

Publication Date:

01/11/2008

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Floods, Vietnam

Natural Disasters

Flash Floods Kill Seven In Central Vietnam

Flash floods from heavy rains in central Vietnam this month have killed at least seven people, the government said.

Three provinces Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai were the hardest hit with ten thousands of homes submerged under water on Saturday, the government's Dyke Manangement, Flood and Storm Control Committee said.

Publication Date:

20/10/2008

Source: Planet Ark (Australia)

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Floods, Vietnam

Pesticides And Toxins

Perfluorinated compounds in human breast milk from several Asian countries, and in infant formula and dairy milk from the US

The occurrence of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in human blood is known to be widespread; nevertheless, the sources of exposure to humans, including infants, are not well understood. In this study, breast milk collected from seven countries in Asia was analyzed (n = 184) for nine PFCs, including perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA).

Publication Date:

01/10/2008

Author(s): Lin Tao, Jing Ma, Tatsuya Kunisue & et al

Source: Environmental Science & Technology

Vol:

42

Issue:

22

pp:

8597

Tags:

Milk, Food Contamination, Child Health, Breast Feeding, Infant Formula, Pesticides And Toxins, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, United States Of America (US), India

Water Resources

Good practices and lessons learned in integrating ecosystem conservation and poverty reduction objectives in wetlands

This study was driven by two objectives: to develop a framework and methodology for assessing the outcomes of conservation-poverty reduction initiatives and to apply it to such initiatives in wetlands to understand conditions and methods that can support the integration or balancing of ecosystem

Publication Date:

01/10/2008

Author(s): & et al, Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sanjiv de Silva, Sophie Nguyen Khoa

Source: International Water Management Institute

Tags:

Environment, Wetlands, Lakes, Mangroves, Watershed Development, Biodiesel, Rural Development, Poverty, Nigeria, South Africa, China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Brazil, India, Sustainable Development, Ecosystems

Climate Change

Vietnam: climate change, adaptation and poor people

Several recent studies have concurred that Vietnam will be one of most vulnerable countries to climate change in the world. Gradual changes such as sea level rises and higher temperatures, more extremes of weather such as drought, and more intense typhoons are all on the horizon and will have a potentially devastating impact on the country

Publication Date:

01/10/2008

Source: Oxfam International

Tags:

Climate Change, Floods, Climate Adaptation, Poverty, Vietnam

Wildlife

Whats driving the wildlife trade?

This study poses questions concerning the relative effectiveness of different conservation approaches, and is believed to be the first effort to address such questions focusing on wildlife trade drivers and interventions across multiple countries and products in south-east Asia.

Publication Date:

01/10/2008

Source: TRAFFIC International

Tags:

Economy, Wildlife, Tiger, Wildlife Trade, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam

Environment

Countering climate challenge

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008
Published by: United Nations Development Programme Pages: 384; Price: Rs595

Publication Date:

25/09/2008

Author(s): Anoop Babani

Source: Business India (Mumbai)

Tags:

Carbon Dioxide, Global Warming, Health, Economy, Energy, Poverty, Education, Human Rights, UNDP, Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan, Vietnam

Agriculture

Rice at a click

There is a new website to cater to rice farmers in Vietnam. The site, http://www.caylua.vn, deals with themes such as rice production, rice biology, farming techniques, irrigation, nutrition management, epidemics control, harvest and post-harvest technology, seedling nursery technology and rice products. The new site was developed with technical help from the International Rice Research

Publication Date:

14/09/2008

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Agriculture, Rice, Farmers, Information, Web, Vietnam

Wildlife