Considered a delicacy in China and Vietnam, the spotted softshell turtle faces threats from overconsumption and habitat loss. Conservationists have initiated breeding programs in Vietnam to recover spotted softshell turtle ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 28, 2024
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In Vietnam's driest and hottest region, a limbless forest creature took refuge under a rotten log, scrounging around for termites to eat. Suddenly, something lifted the nearly-blind animal into the air. It tried to defend ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 4, 2023
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Vietnam is known worldwide for its high plant species diversity and endemism. However, the evolutionary history of Vietnam's exceptional plant biodiversity remains poorly understood. Due to the paucity of Neogene plant fossils, ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Nov 28, 2023
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Further conservation measures are required to protect Vietnamese reptiles, such as the psychedelic rock gecko (Cnemaspis psychedelica), from habitat loss and overharvesting, concludes a report, published in the journal Nature ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 6, 2023
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A trade war between China and the United States triggered by former president Donald Trump created an unexpected boost for Vietnam, new research has shown.
Economics & Business
Apr 28, 2023
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The number of armed conflicts currently raging around the world is the greatest since the end of the Second World War. These wars can leave toxic environmental legacies and cause untold damage to human health.
Environment
Jan 25, 2023
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Electronic waste is an enormous, and growing, problem around the world, with unimaginable numbers of broken and obsolete devices and gadgets being fed into a waste stream that threatens to become a deluge. Not only is the ...
Environment
Sep 19, 2022
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Vietnam has developed an African swine fever vaccine for pigs in partnership with the United States, and is aiming to become the first global commercial exporter, an official said.
Veterinary medicine
Jun 2, 2022
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The climate of the northern part of Vietnam is similar to that of southern China. It is extremely plant-rich and is known to host more than 12,000 species of higher plants. Despite the floristic significance of this region, ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 22, 2022
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In Vietnam's Mekong Delta, home to about 17 million people, large areas of land have been poldered for the cultivation of crops such as rice and shrimp. At the moment, the delta is on average less than a meter above sea level. ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 13, 2022
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