Vietnam Govt Allows Imports of 100,000 MT of Salt in 2012Feb 18, 2012 (Vietnamica) — Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) announced today that it has now agreed with Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to allow for a total import quota of 102,000 metric tons (MT) of salt in 2012.
Vinacomin Likely to Sell Alumina to Chinese, Japanese FirmsFeb 17, 2012 (Vietnamica) — Vietnam’s Coal and Minerals Corp (Vinacomin) – the Vietnamese state-owned conglomerate in charge of managing a large array of national natural resources on behalf of the government of Vietnam – said it would likely sell alumina from the Tan Rai Bauxite Project to Chinese Chalco and Japanese Marubeni.
February 13, 2012 (Vietnamica) — Vietnam has a dense system of rivers and streams, which makes up 2 percent of the total river flow in the world. The country’s 13 biggest river systems have a total area of more than 10,000sq.km. They are being threatened by pollution caused by industrialization and urban and rural development.
February 1, 2012 (Vietnamica) — In the Coal Industry Development Plan to 2020 with a vision to 2030 which was recently approved by the Prime Minister, all coal mining areas throughout the country to 2020 should meet environmental protection standards in an effort to preserve the surrounding ecology. The volume of annual coal exploitation is also expected to increase year by year (Steel Guru, Feb 1).
Vietinbank Provides Vinacomin’s Bauxite Project in Central Highland With US$100 MlnJanuary 30, 2012 (Vietnamica) – Vietinbank has signed a credit contract with Vinacomin to finance Nhan Co Aluminum Complex US$100 million. This is a part to a credit package of VND6,000 billion (US$300 million) (VnExpress, Jan 30).
Jan 22, 2012 (AP) — One of the world’s most endangered turtles has been released into a Cambodian river with a satellite transmitter attached to its shell to track how it will navigate through commercial fishing grounds and other man-made hazards.
