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Artist Dang holds exhibition on energy, environment

 Alexandre Dang, an artist from France, is holding a multimedia site-specific exhibition on new perceptions linked with topics such as energy, movement and environment in Hanoi.

PM calls on Chinese investors to heed technology, environment

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on Chinese businesses to increase their investment in important sectors in Vietnam, with attention paid to technological and environmental issues. 

ODA funds prioritized for urban infrastructure, environment

 The Government will prioritize the allocation of ODA and preferential funds for HCMC to develop urban infrastructure and environment projects, as per a decree on a number of specific financial mechanisms for the city.

Vietnam to launch radar satellites for environmental management

VietNamNet Bridge - In early 2019, Vietnam will launch LOTUSat-1, a satellite with radar technology that will observe the Earth. Three years later, it will launch LOTUSat-2.

HCMC's private garbage collectors face difficulties after work carts banned

 Many private garbage collectors in HCM City are falling on hard times due to a citywide ban on outdated and dilapidated garbage carts.

Vietnam, Germany boost cooperation in natural resources, environment

 Vo Tuan Nhan, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Committee for Science, Technology and Environment, has expressed hope for more cooperation between Vietnam and Germany in natural resources and the environment.

Oil pollution damaging sea environment

The sea near Vietnam has been seriously damaged by waste from industrial and agricultural production, aquaculture, domestic rubbish, and oil pollution caused by shipbuilding and shipping.

Vietnam lacks energy for the future

VietNamNet Bridge – The government has warned that Vietnam’s energy future is at risk, even though demand is lower than in developed countries.

MARD releases “ultimatum” to hydropower investors

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat has threatened to revoke operation licenses of hydropower investors who have not planted forests to compensate for forestland they used to build their projects.

Uong River turns black after oil spill from Uong Bi thermopower plant

VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in Quang Ninh Province have been living in fear because of an oil spill from the Uong Bi thermopower plant that has yet to be cleaned.

Waste-treatment costs a burden on state budget

 VietNamNet Bridge –  Big cities are spending more and more money treat the rapid increase in the volume of waste, causing difficulties for local authorities.

Hao Duong hit with record fine for polluting environment

The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and the Environment has imposed a fine of VND6.3 billion, the highest ever, on Hao Duong, a leather company, for discharging untreated waste water into the environment.

Southern provinces say no to projects that harm the environment

VietNamNet Bridge – The local authorities of southern provinces are increasingly rejecting investment projects that are labor-intensive, or that use low technologies and threaten the environment.

Plastic bags still more popular than biodegradable bags

 VietNamNet Bridge – The amount of plastic bags used every year in Vietnam has been increasing rapidly, even though they have been heavily taxed since 2012.

Island says ‘no’ to plastic bags

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents of Cu Lao Cham (Cham Isle) have chosen to show their love of their land by refusing to use plastic bags.

Shrimp ponds displace protective forests in coastal areas

The increase in farming shrimp in ponds in coastal areas has contributed to the displacement of forests that once protected people from sand and floods in the central province of Quang Nam and the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu.

The afflicted life on Vu Gia’s lower course

 VietNamNet Bridge – Since the day the hydropower plants arose on the upper Vu Gia River, two million people in Quang Nam province and Da Nang City cannot lead their peaceful life any more.

Southern people feel insecure with “salanganes’ castles”

A lot of people in Mekong River Delta spend billions of dong to build the “castles” to attract salanganes, raising the worries about the environment pollution and bird flu breakout.

The scientist of craft villages

Prof. Dang Thi Kim Chi has spent over 40 years doing research on the environment, particularly in the field of environmental treatment in craft villages.

Tau Mountain treasure hunt may devastate the environment?

The fact that the Binh Thuan provincial authorities have agreed to extend the project to discover a treasure at Tau Mountain has raised a worry that the environment and geological conditions would be severely affected.