Tag: waste:
City medical waste a health hazard
VietNamNet Bridge - With only a third of HCM City’s 130 hospitals equipped with standard wastewater treatment facilities, medical waste poses a severe threat to the city’s environment. VietNamNet Bridge - With only a third of HCM City’s 130 hospitals equipped with standard wastewater treatment facilities, medical waste poses a severe threat... Read more
HCM City: official suspended for connection to toxic waste
VietNamNet Bridge – The Deputy Director of the HCM City Urban Environment Company, Tran Dan Dong, has been suspended in connection with a pollution case at Dong Thanh dumping ground. Inspectors at the Dong Thanh dumping ground.VietNamNet Bridge – The Deputy Director of the HCM City Urban Environment Company, Tran Dan Dong, has been suspended in connection... Read more
City councillors worried about pollution, waste
VietNamNet Bridge – At a meeting of the HCM City People’s Council that began on Tuesday, deputies expressed fears that pollution, lavish use of public resources, and other factors could cause severe hardships to city residents next year. In HCM City, many canals have been filled up and no new ones have been created to replace them, he said, adding... Read more
Treatment of medical waste fails to protect environment
VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Health has estimated that Viet Nam needs to invest between US$120 and $150 million in medical waste treatment systems as matter of urgency to reduce environmental pollution. A medical worker disposes of harmful waste at the Tam Diep Hospital in the northern province of Ninh Binh. Up to US$150 million is needed to build medical... Read more
HCMC dump site caught accepting toxic waste
A pile of toxic waste at the Dong Thanh dump site in HCMC’s Hoc Mon District. Police say the waste, containing a known carcinogen, are from a leather tanning company. Ho Chi Minh City police on Friday discovered dumping site workers in Hoc Mon District receiving toxic waste from a leather tanning company. After... Read more
Police tag illegal dumper of toxic waste in southern field
Workers from the Ba Ria-Vung Tau environment protection agency collect the waste discharged illegallyinto a field on Friday Police yesterday identified the company that discharged 20 tons of toxic waste on the sly into a paddy field in southern coastal Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. Based on several documents collected... Read more
Making greener cement from waste products
VietNamNet Bridge – A seminar on the treatment of garbage and the use of alternative fuels in cement production was held in Hanoi on Nov. 7 by the Vietnam Cement Corporation (Vicem) and F.L. Smith Group of Denmark. The cement industry has invested in refurbishment to increase the capacity of the cement plants and to save energy.More than 40 businesses,... Read more
PM criticizes handling of Vedan waste dumping
Police examinine the wastewater dumping system of Vedan Vietnam in Dong Nai Province. Vietnam’s prime minister has criticized environmental authorities and Dong Nai Province’s government’s handling of environmental violations by monosodium glutamate manufacturer Vedan Vietnam. The Taiwanese-owned... Read more
Hanoi: Flood water goes, leaving piles of waste
VietNamNet Bridge – By Thursday, mountains of rubbish were assembled along major roads of Hanoi. Street-sweepers are working very hard to handle the aftermaths of the flood while the people are worrying of epidemics. Dust-carts on Pham Hung road. VietNamNet Bridge – By Thursday, mountains of rubbish were assembled along major roads of Hanoi. Street-sweepers... Read more
Graft, waste top National Assembly agenda
Parliamentary deputies Friday highlighted the anomaly of most cases of corruption being exposed by the press and the public, and not by agencies wherein they actually happened. They made the observation at the fourth session of the 12th National Assembly in Hanoi Friday as they discussed ways to prevent and fight... Read more