Tag: #Vietnam
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Vietnam quarantines area with 10,000 residents over coronavirus
Binh Xuyen, Vietnam, Feb 13 (AFP/APP): Villages in Vietnam with 10,000 people close to the nation’s capital were placed under quarantine on Thursday after six cases of the deadly new coronavirus were discovered there, authorities said. The locking down of the commune of Son Loi, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Hanoi, is the first…
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Hanoi pollution crises expose growth risks
Hanoi, Oct 23 (AFP/APP): A major mercury leak, tap water contamination, and “alarming” levels of haze: several pollution crises in Hanoi have sparked public fury and accusations that communist Vietnam is putting the economy ahead of the environment. Long tapped as an investors’ paradise thanks to its low-cost labour and pro-business policies, rapidly industrialising Vietnam…
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Mosquito trials raise hopes of defeating dengue
Nha Trang, Vietnam, Sept 10 (AFP/APP):Hundreds dead in the Philippines; a threefold increase of cases in Vietnam; hospitals overrun in Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia — dengue is ravaging Southeast Asia this year due in part to rising temperatures and low immunity to new strains. But one group of scientists is rolling out trials to breed…