Vietnam finds itself wooed by two large world powers. However, this time, it is not over any geopolitical consideration, but for a resource that the modern world covets: rare earths. China and the U.S ...

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 31, 2010. [REUTERS] Rare earths — key minerals essential for semiconductors, ...

Oct 23 (Reuters) - Blackstone Minerals BSX.AX on Monday said it will continue to prepare for an auction of rare earths concessions in Vietnam despite the arrest last week of the chairman of its ...

The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over part of the Mekong Delta – a major rice-producing region in southwest Vietnam. In Vietnam, rice has been a strategic crop for national food security.

Contract worth O55.2 million signed on 30 July in Vietnam * Astrium is the world’s leading exporter of Earth observation satellites Toulouse, 2 August 2010 – Astrium has signed a contract worth O55.2 ...