Viet Nam News by Thu Hằng I am no wildlife expert, but I am an avid enthusiast. The migratory patterns and behaviours of birds and the habits and lives of African elephants fascinate me, for instance. So it was with great disappointment that I learnt I won’t be able to watch the National Geographic channel anymore. I am sure there are many others sharing this feeling regarding their own favourite TV channels like HBO, Disney, Cartoon Network, Star Movies or Cinemax, all of which have been yanked off air by the Việt Nam Television Cable Corporation (VTVCab) from April 1 onwards. The disappointment is greater that this was done without any proper warning to speak of, although company spokespersons have said the information was carried on its website. That is not enough. While there can always be some reason or the other to stop broadcasting a channel or a few channels, the way popular ones have been cut off without any notice, raising concerns about the … [Read more...] about Removal of TV channels gets bad reception
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Autonet – Auto & Motorcycle Online Magazine Ford VN to raise funds for victims of traffic accidents
Posted By Thảo Đỗ On July 23, 2014 @ 3:27 pm In Business,Cultures,Discoveries,Funs,Global,News | No Comments All the money collected from the shirt sales will be used to assist the K0 Còi (No Horn) fund which assisted victims of traffic accidents and arranged activities that raised awareness about traffic culture. Ford Vietnam has recently launched the campaign K0 Còi 2, a project within the Safe and Environmentally Friendly Driving Guidelines that helped raise traffic awareness and encouraged youths to think about a personal solution to build a safe traffic culture. According to statistics from the National Traffic Safety Committee, 29.000 traffic accidents occurred in Vietnam in 2013, resulting in 9.156 dead and 29.441 wounded which averaged 25 dead per day. The group suffered the most from traffic accidents was the group with age ranging from 15-29. In addition to infrastructure problems, awareness of traffic participants has always been a major problem to be solved to minimize the … [Read more...] about Autonet – Auto & Motorcycle Online Magazine Ford VN to raise funds for victims of traffic accidents
Climate change report signals urgent need for firm solutions
Climate change report signals urgent need for firm solutions (14-03-2009) Director of the Viet Nam-Sweden Programme for Strengthening Environmental Management and Land Administration Truong Quang Hoc explains how Viet Nam has tackled climate change to Viet Nam News. What is your evaluation of how climate change is likely to effect Viet Nam? Climate change is a big worry not only for Viet Nam but also the world. The changing themes of World Environment Day show how the responses have become more urgent. In 2007 it was, "Melting Ice: a Hot Topic?" and last year, "CO2, Kick the Habit. Towards a Low Carbon Economy." This year it’s, "The Planet Needs You – Unite to Combat Climate Change". Viet Nam is among the countries likely to be most seriously impacted by climate change and mass urbanisation is making it occur very rapidly here. Inadequate population planning and infrastructure is exacerbating the change while 60 per cent of the country’s cities and provinces are on … [Read more...] about Climate change report signals urgent need for firm solutions
Ford VN to raise funds for victims of traffic accidents
All the money collected from the shirt sales will be used to assist the K0 Còi (No Horn) fund which assisted victims of traffic accidents and arranged activities that raised awareness about traffic culture. Ford Vietnam has recently launched the campaign K0 Còi 2, a project within the Safe and Environmentally Friendly Driving Guidelines that helped raise traffic awareness and encouraged youths to think about a personal solution to build a safe traffic culture. According to statistics from the National Traffic Safety Committee, 29.000 traffic accidents occurred in Vietnam in 2013, resulting in 9.156 dead and 29.441 wounded which averaged 25 dead per day. The group suffered the most from traffic accidents was the group with age ranging from 15-29. In addition to infrastructure problems, awareness of traffic participants has always been a major problem to be solved to minimize the number of traffic accidents. "We hope to change bad habits of youths on road, which will result in a good and … [Read more...] about Ford VN to raise funds for victims of traffic accidents
Message for World Environment Day 2008: Kick the carbon habit
Mitigating climate change, eradicating poverty and promoting economic and political stability, all demand the same solution: we must kick the carbon habit. This is the theme for World Environment Day 2008: "Kick the habit: Towards a low-carbon economy". In a message for World Environment Day 2008, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon emphasized that our dependence on carbon-based energy has caused a significant build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Throughout the tropics, valuable forests are being felled for timber and paper production, for pasture and farming land and increasingly for plantations to supply a growing demand for bio-fuels. The development of our carbon habit not only releases vast amounts of carbon dioxide (CO 2) but also destroys a valuable resource for absorbing atmospheric carbon, further contributing to climate change. All people will be adversely effected. While the poor will be hardest hit by weather-related disasters and by soaring prices … [Read more...] about Message for World Environment Day 2008: Kick the carbon habit