November 8, 2011
Brick-making kilns in the northern province of Phu Tho Vietnam’s government needs to put more investment into trade villages where locals are facing critical environmental pollution threats, lawmakers said at the National Assembly’s session on Monday. Representative Tran Du Lich from Ho Chi Minh City said that Vietnam seems to pay more attention to projects worth [...]
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August 9, 2011
Farmers in Tan An Commune submit complaints about the Sonadezi Corporation at the commune People's Committee office. Eleven households in the southern province of Dong Nai lodged complaints on Monday against the state-owned Sonadezi Corporation for damaging their seafood farms by discharging sewage into a local river. The farmers in Tam An Commune, Long Thanh [...]
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August 9, 2011
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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August 4, 2011
The steel refinement industry is one of four sectors chosen for a UN waste management project in Vietnam. A United Nations organization has pledged to help Vietnam develop waste treatment techniques and reduce industrial pollution, the global body announced at a two-day conference this week.  The project, supported by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization [...]
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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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May 7, 2011
Six-year-old Nguyen Dinh Nhat Huy was found dead in a waste treatment lake at the entertainment park on April 26. The parents of a six-year-old, who died last week at an entertainment park in Ho Chi Minh City, have demanded further investigations into the death of their son. District 11 police investigators found the body [...]
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January 16, 2010
Pollution in Vietnam’s rural areas is on the rise, negatively impacting the environment and local inhabitants. The term “craft village” loosely describes small townships in the Vietnamese countryside with specialised trades and industries. The village might produce foodstuffs, fabrics, pottery, handicrafts or garments. Normally, alongside agricultural production, this industry will be a crucial part of [...]
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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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December 21, 2009
Vinamilk employees work on a production line. Green enterprises and co-operatives will enjoy tax incentives as the Government seeks to encourage them to use environmentally-friendly technologies. LookAtVietnam – Green enterprises and co-operatives will enjoy tax incentives as the Government seeks to encourage them to use environmentally-friendly technologies, according to the city’s enterprises.They will enjoy a [...]
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December 4, 2009
The State Audit Agency has instructed HCM City authorities to punish the agencies and individuals who decided to pay $9 million in advance to the firm that developed Da Phuoc dump project. The Da Phuoc dumping ground. HCM City to turn rubbish dump into golf course?The “secrets’ behind HCM City’s ‘state-of-the-art’ waste treatment projectNA deputies question [...]
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