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Prevent erosion by self-inserting concrete mats
Environment

Prevent erosion by self-inserting concrete mats

In order to prevent erosion for works, Minh Tac Engineering Consultant Company Limited, Ho Chi Minh City has launched self-woven concrete carpet, which can protect river…

December 16, 2018
Can not quickly overcome the hole of Ozone layer
Environment

Can not quickly overcome the hole of Ozone layer

The earth's ozone layer is against 90% of the sun's ultraviolet radiation, making it possible for us to survive and live on the earth's surface. Scientists have recently…

December 16, 2018
Forecast of lightning before half an hour
Environment

Forecast of lightning before half an hour

As soon as the lightning struck four people in Thai Binh province in early July, lightning experts at the Institute of Geophysics (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technol…

December 16, 2018
Prevent precious animal slaughter
Environment

Prevent precious animal slaughter

The total cost of domestic and foreign projects invested in the protection of rare and precious birds and animals in Central Truong Son is up to millions of USD. However…

December 16, 2018
Lightning protection rules for people
Environment

Lightning protection rules for people

According to statistics, lightning strikes are the most dangerous, and for every 10 people hit by lightning, 8 people die. Lightning striking contact or horizontal cross…

December 16, 2018
Filter water contaminated with arsenic
Environment

Filter water contaminated with arsenic

10 million people can get sick from drilled wells, especially the risk of arsenic contamination. This seemingly unsolvable problem can be solved by the traditional water…

December 16, 2018
Swallowing birds, low flying sad birds signal rain
Environment

Swallowing birds, low flying sad birds signal rain

Sometimes we see flying urchins so low, even so low that it is almost close to the ground; sometimes we see a lot of dragonflies gathering into a group that only flies a…

December 16, 2018
Serious warnings about Ocean life
Environment

Serious warnings about Ocean life

A group of researchers has released a warning: The global release of carbon dioxide has dramatically changed the ocean chemistry and threatened marine life. will be chan…

December 16, 2018
Coral reefs in Vietnam - Endangered
Environment

Coral reefs in Vietnam - Endangered

Scientists have warned that up to nine-tenths of the more than 1,000 km2 of coral reefs in Vietnam are in danger of recovering while the marine environmental pollution i…

December 16, 2018
Tsunamis will appear more often
Environment

Tsunamis will appear more often

Using radar on the satellites of the European Space Agency (ESA) to study waves on oceans, German scientists have confirmed large waves (tsunamis) with a height of 30 me…

December 16, 2018
Successful rescue of a gray-shanked douc langur
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Successful rescue of a gray-shanked douc langur

On the morning of July 11, the National Primate Rescue Center (Cuc Phuong National Park) received and successfully rescued a gray-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix cinerea)…

December 16, 2018
40,000 fishing boats will become ... coral?
Environment

40,000 fishing boats will become ... coral?

There are 92,000 tractor ships in the whole country. According to the master plan of fisheries development until 2010 approved by the Government, by 2010, the whole coun…

December 16, 2018
Radon: The invisible danger
Environment

Radon: The invisible danger

The article published in the Journal of Science Activities (Ministry of Science and Technology), in June 2006, clearly and fully explains the harmful effects of radioact…

December 16, 2018