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Vietnam: River water is over-exploited
In most central provinces, the Southeast, the Central Highlands, the river water is exploited over 50% of the flow in the dry season causing the flow in the river basins…
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Myanmar: 5 people died in the heaviest rain after 50 years
At least 5 people died and many homes were damaged after the heaviest rain in 50 years in Myanmar. The rain flooded Myanmar's old capital Yangon during the weekends.
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China admits toxic chemical scandal
On May 8, the Beijing government at the same time acknowledged the role of Chinese companies in two major food and health safety scandals that caused a stir around the w…
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Europe: 30 most polluting power plants
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has just released a list of 30 most polluting power plants in Europe. These are Europe's poorest factories, but they emit the most C…
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Bangkok turned off the electricity for 15 minutes to warn the world to warm up
After Sydney (Australia), on May 9, the Thai capital, Bangkok, turned off the power for 15 minutes to warn the global warming. Officials have called for 2 million people…
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Extensive drought due to El Nino phenomenon
According to the Center for Meteorological and Climate Research (Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment), the climate change situation in Vietnam takes plac…
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Los Angeles: Big fire near the Hollywood icon
One of the terrible fires over the past four decades in Los Angeles, USA happened at Griffith Park, which has the symbol - the famous Hollywood word. The fire spread ove…
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Ra-226 radioactive substances affect the environment, health?
According to information from police agencies, among telecom cables, because the fishermen 'exploited' in some coastal areas (Tuoi Tre on 10-5) were seized by some autho…
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New Zealand: 6 hours, 3 earthquakes
Early this morning (May 14) in local time, 3 earthquakes of 5.4 magnitude magnitude have occurred continuously in central New Zealand within 6 hours. There are still no…
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The first rainy season was flooded
On May 14, the first rainy season, though small but lasting all day, caused landslides and flooding in many places in Ho Chi Minh City. Many roads flooded half a meter o…
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Mexico announced an alarming situation because of the hot sun
On May 14, the Mexican Ministry of Health announced an alarming situation at all health facilities and hospitals due to fears that the current hot weather in the country…
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China aims to reduce CO2 emissions more than the United States
China hopes to reduce its CO2 emissions by 20% by 2010 and 80% by 2050, according to the recently released report on the impact of climate change.
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The third United Nations report on climate change
Warn about the risk of global warming, UN-sponsored scientists will present a new study next week, describing how to avoid the worst, that is: everyone must grasp techni…
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Earthquake attacked England
In the morning of April 28, a strong magnitude 4.7 earthquake occurred in the southeastern region of England. According to initial statistics, the earthquake damaged som…