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Wood business contaminates town in Dak Nong

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Long Viet MDF Wooden Technology JSC has been slow to improve its environmental protection practices even though the Dak Nong Province authorities have punished them several times.

Gov’t promulgates decree guiding Investment Law

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has promulgated Decree 118/2015/ND-CP to guide the implementation of some articles of the Law on Investment.

Ministry maps out new solutions to environment woes

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will face a range of environmental protection challenges over the coming years despite efforts made by the Government and environment sector over the past five year.

VN needs to protect environment

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam Environment Administration Director General Nguyen Van Tai talks with Viet Nam News about the environmental challenges Viet Nam is facing and what to expect in the future.

Short film launched to warn against illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam

Education for Nature-Vietnam, Vietnam’s first NGO focused on the conservation of nature and environmental protection, launched a short film on August 18 to increase awareness of the illegal consumption of endangered species and their products

Pollution returns to HCM City's canals

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several canals in HCM City have been seriously polluted by junk and waste thrown in by neighbouring residents.

Gia Lai’s Kon Ka King Park set to become biodiversity hub

 VietNamNet Bridge – Kon Ka Kinh national park, dubbed the “roof of Gia Lai Province”, is set to become a biodiversity reserve hub owing to its diversified flora and fauna.

HCM City sets the bar high for development in future decades

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Hoang Quan, a member of the Party Central Committee and chairman of the HCM City People's Committee, told Vietnam News Agency about the city's goals and socio-economic achievements.

Police rescue 32 king cobras

 VietNamNet Bridge – The environmental protection police and the Ha Noi police found 32 king cobras being illegally transported in an interprovincial vehicle, after it was stopped for checking in Hoang Mai District.

PPP could benefit environmental protection

 VietNamNet Bridge – There is great potential for applying the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model in environmental protection, but this has not happened because a proper legal framework is missing, experts say.

Provinces tackle river pollution

 VietNamNet Bridge – Efforts are on to improve the quality of the Dong Nai River and safeguard the health of 20 million people living along it, but huge investments in wastewater treatment

ASEAN chief justices talk environmental protection

Chief justices and senior members of judiciaries from ASEAN member countries discussed ways to step up their cooperation in addressing environmental challenges at a roundtable that opened in Hanoi on December 13.

IZs must stop polluting environment

 VietNamNet Bridge – Industrial zones that discharge wastewater should receive heavy fines, manager of the Integrated Wastewater Concept for Industrial Zones Bui Duy Cam told Kinh te&Do thi newspaper.

Hydropower plants pose risks

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Viet Ngai, chairman of the Viet Nam Energy Association (VEA), tells Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) that small-scale hydropower plants have to be shut down

Demand for environmental technology soars

 VietNamNet Bridge – All of Vietnam’s 16 economic sectors will need around 7.6 billion USD of investment in environmentally friendly technology,

Tech growth lags on lack of funding

VietNamNet Bridge – Limited investment in research and poor management have hindered the development of science and technology in the country.

Distraught locals worry about effects of the "devil's tree"

Residents of Khanh Hoa Province have been complaining about the strong fragrance of a blossoming tree called alstonia scholaris, or devil's tree.

Experts divided over old ship imports

 VietNamNet Bridge – A revised law allowing the import of used ships has inspired spirited debate amongst authorities and experts. While some believe the law will boost the profitable shipping industry,

Social News 12/10

Three young children drown in lake; Free measles-rubella shots given to 757,000 children; HCM City students suspended for sexual harassment; Ho Chi Minh City invests US$524 million in environmental protection

$7.6 million waste treatment plant opens in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thang Long Environmental Service Joint Stock Company has opened a VND160 billion waste treatment plant in Ha Noi's outlying district of Son Tay that uses advanced incineration technology