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Nearly 100 hectares of Hai Van forest were destroyed
Thousands of people were mobilized to fight forest fire in Hai Van (Da Nang) but it took more than 10 hours after the outbreak, the fire was just extinguished.
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Russian territory moved 4cm because of the Japanese earthquake
Scientists have concluded that a devastating earthquake in Japan in March 2011 (accompanied by intense tsunamis and a nuclear disaster at Fukushima nuclear power plant)…
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Floods, droughts will attack Southeast Asia more rapidly
More than 30% of the world's population lives in East Asia and Southeast Asia. About half of these people live on rice and other food crops. However, the World Bank pred…
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More than 20 Fukushima schools are highly radioactive
More than 20 schools in the city of Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, where the Fusushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant is located, have
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Indonesians panicked after the earthquake
The intense seismic movement shook Sumatra island at 14:38 local time yesterday. The epicenter is located at a depth of 33km, about 431km from Banda Aceh city in norther…
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Ocean warming since when?
New research shows that the world's oceans have started to heat up more than 100 years ago, twice the time previously known. The results of the study could help scientis…
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Waste treatment solution for hospitals in Vietnam
On April 12, in Hanoi, the French Embassy in Vietnam cooperated with trade office UBIFRANCE to hold a French-Vietnamese Workshop with the theme
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The earthquake in Indonesia is '2000 years with one'
The earthquake of magnitude 8.7 on April 11 off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia is a once-in-a-thousand-year event, even though it caused little human damage, according…
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Iceland: Natural energy from volcanoes
Under the Government's plan, UK houses can be supplied with electricity from volcanoes in Iceland in the next decade. If this system is built it will provide 1/3 of the…
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Cleanweb - an energy efficient solution
Although renewable energy has become popular all over the world, the use of these energy sources is not really effective due to the cost of installing and operating the…
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Asia-Pacific uses many ozone-depleting substances
The UNEP report stated that Asia-Pacific produces up to 85% and consumes 74% of HCFC produced and consumed globally, of which China is a producer, consumer and supplier…
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5 people died from tornadoes in the US
Intense tornadoes attacked a large area in the Midwestern United States last weekend, leaving at least five people dead in Oklahoma and about 30 others injured.
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The volcanic eruption is nearly 10km high
RIA Novosti reported Shiveluch volcanic eruptions - 3283m high - on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula began to increase from May 2009. Since then it has regularly spewed dust…
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The Indonesian people panicked because of the strong earthquake
An earthquake struck Indonesia's Sumatra island, causing people working in the legislature of Aceh province to flee.
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Climate change warms up the
The race to strengthen influence in the Arctic between some powers is becoming more and more intense in the context of the world still not having a common voice in the f…