July 9, 2011
Two officers of HCMC Preventive Health Center take water samples from the Saigon River for testing. (Photo: Tuoi Tre) Local scientists raised concern yet again over alarming levels of pollution in the Sai Gon River at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. The conference, held by HCMC Department of Science and [...]
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November 8, 2010
Garbage from the Duong Dong River ends up on Phu Quoc sandbeach during low tide Ngo Van Giao wakes up early every day and earns VND20,000 from one hour of fetching plastic garbage from the Duong Dong River in his neighborhood. The 82-year-old said seven or ten people would come after him doing the same [...]
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December 31, 2009
Ho Chi Minh City clears some 5,000 cubic meters of sludge daily from its sewage system but dumps it untreated at other places, posing pollution risks, experts warn. Nguyen Trung Viet, head of the city Department of Natural Resources and Environmentâs Solid Wastes Management Division, said only around 210 cubic meters are dumped at the [...]
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November 14, 2009
Water sold in cans on Huynh Tan Phat Street to residents who have not been connected to the city water supply system. Many households in outlying areas of Ho Chi Minh City are thirsty for drinking water after city water suppliers have refused to connect them to the pipeline. Ngoc Anh, a resident living next [...]
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October 18, 2009
Water is released at the reservoir of the A Vuong hydro power plant A hydroelectric plant in the central province of Quang Nam released water without warning, making it impossible for the province to take timely measures against flooding, a senior official said on Friday. However, whether the discharge from the A Vuong Hydroelectric Plant [...]
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October 10, 2009
The Mekong is one of the three deltas on Earth that will suffer most from climate change. More than eight million people may lose their homes if sea levels rise by one meter. The unavoidable effects of climate change will create worse flooding and acute shortages of fresh water during the rainy season.Annually, 408 billion [...]
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October 3, 2009
Coal mining in the northern province of Quang Ninh. A plan to dig up the Hong (Red) River Delta for massive amounts of coal has drawn reaction from experts who say the plan is unfeasible and would cause an environment disaster if implemented. âExploitation of the deltaâs coal basin would sink the whole region and [...]
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September 25, 2009
To ensure a two-way flow of information on the Red River coal basin scheme, VietNamNet presents comments by the director of Red River Energy Company, which compiled the project. A coal mining site in Quang Ninh.VietNamNet Bridge – To ensure a two-way flow of information on the Red River Delta coal basin development project, VietNamNet here [...]
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September 18, 2009
VietNamNet continues its coverage of debate over the Red River Delta coal basin scheme with analysis by a leading geologist and a National Assembly deputy. Exploring 210-billion-tonne coal basin: big potential, high risk Doctor of Geology Nguyen Sy Quy, former Ministry of Industry expert and a member of the the Vietnam Union of Scientific and Technological [...]
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August 5, 2009
San Miguel Pure Foods Vietnam will be fined nearly VND1.3 billion ($75,700) for the breach in its reservoir that discharged over 200,000 cubic meters of wastewater into the Thi Tinh River in Binh Duong Province. The July 25 discharge of untreated wastewater by the pig-breeder caused the death of a large number of fish in [...]
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