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Cat Ba - a chain of Jade islands

VietNamNet Bridge – Cat Ba Archipelago, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve is the largest limestone archipelago of Vietnam with 388 big and small islands, covering a total area of 336sq.km in Cat Hai District, Hai Phong City.

HCM City backs flood prevention plan

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City government has signed up private firm Trungnam Group to carry out a massive anti-flood project in build-transfer mode.  

Admiring starry sky on Bach Moc Luong Tu mountain top

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bach Moc Luong Tu range which is 3,046m above the sea level has become an attraction to many adventurous tourists because of its primary and breathtaking beauty.

Legendary beauty of Lak Lake

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lak Lake, located in Lien Son, Lak District, about 52 km south of Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province, is one of Vietnam’s most beautiful and largest fresh water lakes.

Nation's water security threat has reached alarming proportions

 VietNamNet Bridge – Severe, frequent droughts are seriously threatening water security, Truong Dinh Du, formerly with the Viet Nam Institute for Water Resources Development, tells Nong Thon Ngay Nay.

Weather could hit HCM City traffic hard

 VietNamNet Bridge – The city could generate US$1.4 billion by investing in making its transportation system more resilient in extreme weather conditions, a study released by Siemens and Arup said last week.

Phu Quoc offers opportunities

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phu Quoc Island will soon get a casino and could potentially become a special economic zone, Kien Giang Provincial People's Committee chairman Le Van Thi told Tien Phong newspaper.

Different depths reveal ocean warming trends

 The deeper half of the ocean did not get measurably warmer in the last decade, but surface layers have been warming faster than we thought since the 1970s, two new studies suggest.

Super storms, heavy flooding attack Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Last year, 14 storms and five tropical depressions affected Vietnam, reaching the highest number of storms and tropical depressions on the East Sea in history.

Disasters have been exposed

In recent years, the gradually-reducing rainfall has caused a water shortage in Mekong Delta. The dry season is longer, enhancing alkalinity in soil and causing difficulty in aquaculture or farming. Disasters from climate change have been revealed.

Salt water pollutes hundreds of wells

 VietNamNet Bridge – High levels of salinity in underground supplies has created serious shortages of fresh water for nearly 1,000 residents in central Quang Ngai Province's Duc Pho District.

Cutting short-lived pollutants slows sea level rise

 U.S. scientists said on Sunday that it's possible to greatly slow down sea level rise this century, by cutting emissions of so-called short-lived pollutants that cycle comparatively quickly through the atmosphere.

Sea level rise threatens biodiversity in the Pacific: study

 The predicted rise in sea level in the Pacific in future will lead to heavy losses of habitat that will threaten numerous species, a new study showed on Tuesday.

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  Twinning with French court to aid consensus; President inspects measures to cope with sea level rise; Hoang Sa island district’s e-portal launched; Legal alliance with Cuba strengthened