Posts Tagged ‘ Dong Nai River ’

Over $300,000 to save environment in Vietnam southern province 

November 6, 2011
Over $300,000 to save environment in Vietnam southern province 

A pipe discharges wastewater into a river in Dong Nai. Vietnam southern industrial hub Dong Nai has invested more than US$301,800 into environment protection projects until 2015.   The money will also be used to reduce environmental pollution at industrial zones and urban areas in the province.   A Vietnam News Agency report on Friday said [...]

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River pollution like China disaster: experts 

September 12, 2011
River pollution like China disaster: experts 

A tower being built on the Pearl River in Guangzhou. Environmental activists say that Vietnam’s poisoned Dong Nai River could meet the same fate as a heavily toxic river in China if serious measures aren’t taken soon. According to a leaked cable from the US Consulate in Guangzhou, China, to the State Department in Washington [...]

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Residents clash with polluters 

September 3, 2011
Residents clash with polluters 

  Company sends goons to beat up protesters Nguyen Van Tuan was attacked by truck drivers on August 29 after he and others at Da Nang City’s Hoa Lien Commune blocked vehicles from entering a construction site. A survey by Nielsen found environmental concerns in Vietnam has shifted from climate change to environmental pollution. The [...]

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Scientists propose revision of two hydropower dams on Dong Nai River 

August 23, 2011
Scientists propose revision of two hydropower dams on Dong Nai River 

The Dong Nai 6 and Dong Nai 6A dams are planned to be built on the Dong Nai River. A group of scientists have sent a petition to the Vietnamese parliament asking that two planned hydropower projects on the Dong Nai River be reconsidered due to the environmental risks they pose, a local newspaper reported. [...]

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Hydropower investor says Vietnam needs controversial dam projects 

August 22, 2011
Hydropower investor says Vietnam needs controversial dam projects 

Scientists say two upcoming dam projects could badly damage the Cat Tien National Park ecosystem. The investor of two controversial hydropower projects planned near a protected jungle in southern Vietnam has admitted the dams would affect the jungle’s biodiversity, but maintained that they are needed to slake Vietnam’s thirst for energy. Bui Phap, board chairman [...]

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Farmers accuse polluting company of destroying livelihoods 

August 9, 2011
Farmers accuse polluting company of destroying livelihoods 

Sewage flows from a sluice gate of Sonadezi Corporation's waste treatment plant into a canal that runs into the Dong Nai River. Fishermen living near the waste treatment plant of state-owned Sonadezi Corporation in southern Vietnam have accused the company of hurting their livelihoods by dumping untreated sewage into the river. Last Thursday, after observing [...]

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Scientists question environment impact assessments of Vietnam power projects 

July 16, 2011
Scientists question environment impact assessments of Vietnam power projects 

A dam on the Dong Nai River A group of scientists who made a field trip to the area near Cat Tien National Park where two hydropower projects are planned said Thursday environment impact assessments for them could have been made up. The scientists from the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology’s Institute of Tropical [...]

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Meeting raises alarm on Saigon River pollution again 

July 9, 2011
Meeting raises alarm on Saigon River pollution again 

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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Lack of leadership, funds stalls river cleanup

December 18, 2009
Lack of leadership, funds stalls river cleanup

The polluted Dong Nai River which supplies water to more than 16 million residents in Southern Vietnam. A proposed project to clean up the waterway has failed to get off the ground. (Photo: SGGP)LookAtVietnam – The Dong Nai River, which provides water for 16 million residents in 12 southern provinces and cities, is slowly dying [...]

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Vietnam’s rivers call for help

August 28, 2009
Vietnam’s rivers call for help

Exploitation of sand has become a problem on all the Vietnam’s largest rivers. The local press reports that unregulated exploitation of sand demands national solutions. Dredging sand on the Red River. Major rivers in the northern region: The Red River flows from southwestern China through northern Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin. The Red River begins in China’s Yunnan [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...