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.
Jan 22, 2012 (Reuters) — Laos will host its first professional golf tournament, an $80,000 prize money ASEAN PGA Tour event, at the Luang Prabang Golf Club in April, the organisers said on Thursday Jan 19.
Vietnam: Less Than 50 Wild Tigers SurviveJanuary 3, 2012 (Vietnamica) – Dr. Le Xuan Canh, Head of the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, unveils that the number of wild tigers in Vietnam has been reduced quickly from more than 100 ten years ago to fewer than 50 (Thanhnien, Jan. 1).
December 31, 2011 (Vietnamica) — Wind-tower producers from China and Vietnam are selling their renewable-energy equipment below cost in the U.S., according to an attorney for American producers that petitioned the U.S. to impose anti-dumping duties. The law firm also represents the U.S. unit of SolarWorld AG in a pending complaint on imports of Chinese solar panels. The new petition, on metal towers that hold turbines aloft at wind farms, expands an international dispute over pricing and government subsidies for alternative energy.
December 15, 2011 (Vietnamica) – The Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued Decision No.2139/QD-TTg dated December 5, 2011, approving the National Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation. Targets of the strategy are as follows (VGP, Dec. 8).
