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Vietnam to appeal for global effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions

 VietNamNet Bridge – All countries around the world should join hands in reducing greenhouse gas emissions since climate change consequences are fiercer,

Mental disorders affect about 10% of Vietnam's population

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 9 million people in Viet Nam, or 10 per cent of the population, suffer from mental disorders, including 2.5 per cent with serious mental illnesses under social protection.

Agricultural sector aims high for FDI

VietNamNet Bridge – The local agricultural sector has set targets of attracting US$4.5 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) by 2020 and US$6 billion by 2030,

UN chief: Vietnam has made remarkable progress towards achieving MDGs

VietNamNet Bridge – The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has granted an interview to the Vietnam News Agency before his visit to Vietnam from May 22-23, in which he talked about the aims of the visit and made recommendations

Prime Minister Dung approves Mekong plan to develop more flood-proof housing

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed to a three-year extension of the second phase of a programme to build elevated houses for people in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region affected by floods.

Bamboo tree receives int’l awards

 VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Blooming Bamboo home’ designed by Vietnam's H&P Architects has surpassed 1,500 outstanding projects to be named on a shortlist for the WAN Small Spaces Award in the world’s largest architectural awards.

Resettlement quarter has no clean water

 VietNamNet Bridge – For the past two years, hundreds of people resettled due to natural disasters have been forced to use water from stagnant ponds as their resettlement area lacks clean water.

Landslide, flashflood map available

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has handed over a detailed map of the areas prone to landslides and flash floods

Bamboo house logs global triumph

VietNamNet Bridge – A bamboo house designed by Vietnam's H&P Architects was awarded a Highly Commended status in the House of the Year category at the World Architecture News Awards 2014.

Funds allocated for evacuation plans during natural disasters

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has approved the allocation of VND239 billion (US$11.5 million) for urgent evacuation plans in areas threatened by natural disasters in 24 provinces nationwide.

Drunk driving cause 70 percent of road accidents in Vietnam

Drunk driving is the cause of 70 percent of traffic accidents in Vietnam, Office Chief of the National Traffic Safety Committee Nguyen Trong Thai said, urging drastic measures to tackle the problem.

SEA countries share experience on building resilience to climate change impacts

 VietNamNet Bridge - More than 200 delegates from Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia are attending a three-day international forum on climate change, which opened this morning (Oct 23) in Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia.

Rising sea levels threaten central region's coastline

VietNamNet Bridge – Rising sea levels over the last decade caused the disappearance of many beautiful beaches and protected forests in the central province of Quang Nam and are now encroaching on coastal residential areas

Social News 4/9

 Int'l police gather to fight human trafficking; Medical devices lack oversight; Vietnamese workers in Belarus struggle to survive; Graduates fall into Japanese labour export trap

Social News 24/8

HCM City to set up metro management firm soon; Five levels of natural disasters announced; HCM City childcare plan yields disappointing results; Rice research programme committee shaped; Hanoi needs 3.5 trillion VND to treat solid waste by 2020

Social News 22/8

HCM City seizes drug cutting agent; Smartphone bust made in Ha Noi; Foot tunnels ignored as rubbish starts to build up; Authorities instructed to monitor medicine imports; Poor pavements put pedestrians at risk; Ten rare langurs found dead

Political News Headlines 30/5

 ASEAN+3 rice council meets in Ha Noi; Vietnam, WB cooperate for better investment climate; Defence Minister heads to Singapore for 13th Shangri-La Dialogue; Deputy PM talks bilateral ties with EU High Representative

Geographic information systems in southwest built

 VietNamNet Bridge – Geographic information systems, intelligent mapping system have been developed in Vietnam's southwestern region to support the effective management of natural resources and socio-economic development,

HCM City to relocate 1,300 households to avoid natural disasters

675 households in areas at risk of landslides and storms will be relocated this year, and the rest will be removed from the dangerous areas before the end of 2016, according to a plan that has just been approved by HCM City authorities.

Space tech helps monitor nation's disasters: expert

 VietNamNet Bridge – Director of the National Satellite Centre Pham Anh Tuan spoke to Khoa hoc & Doi song (Science and Life) newspaper about the importance of space technology.