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Vietnam needs a master plan for development of shrimp farming on sandy land

Shrimp farming on sandy land has brought profits to the coastal central provinces over the years. But the unplanned and spontaneous expansion of this model is accompanied by the potential of severe negative impacts ...

Dong Nai: Waste water mixes with river water

The pollution of Dong Nai River has become serious since Vedan’s factory was found discharging untreated waste water into it and Sonadezi discharged dirty water into the Ba Cheo canal. 

Dirty water, garbage on Cat Ba Island disgusts tourists

VietNamNet Bridge - Lan Ha Bay of Cat Ba archipelago is at risk of pollution due to several reasons, including indiscriminate littering.

Dong Ky billionaires go bankrupt, sell super cars

VietNamNet Bridge - Dong Ky once had the highest number of billionaires and cars in Bac Ninh province, but its heyday is over. 

Noise is part of life of Hanoians

The tumultuous noise from vehicles’ horns, the ear-splitting sounds from loudspeakers at TV shops, and music from clarinets and drums during funeral processions all are  unpleasant sounds Hanoians have to listen to every day. 

Pollution hits fungi that nourish trees - study

 Scientists are warning that pollution could be starving Europe's trees of vital nutrients by damaging essential fungi.

Babies' brains damaged by pollution, Unicef says

 Seventeen million babies under the age of one are breathing toxic air, putting their brain development at risk, the UN children's agency has warned.

Pollution, lifestyles raise death rate

 VietNamNet Bridge – Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said yesterday that non-infectious diseases were the leading cause of death in Viet Nam and had become a socio-economic burden. 

Locals compensated for fish kill

Residents in four central provinces have received Government compensation of more than VND6.1 trillion for the April 2016 mass fish kill in which 70 tonnes of fish died, affecting the livelihoods of 260,000 people, 

Fish die en masse in Hoang Cau Lake

Residents living around the Hoang Cau Lake in Dong Da District were greeted to the ghastly sight of a large number of dead fish in the lake on Thursday afternoon.

Firm causes pollution in Thanh Hoa Province

The Duc Tai Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company exploited limestone in the central province of Thanh Hoa for the past two years without taking any environmental protection measures,

Mekong farming lags behind: experts

VietNamNet Bridge – A lack of cutting-edge technologies, unrealistic policies, and a failure to take advantage of local expertise and knowledge are constraining agricultural development in the country, 

Unregulated mining poses danger to residents in mountain area

VietNamNet Bridge - Miners have left land areas without cleaning up their debris, leaving scrapyards, polluted earth and ‘death holes’.

Bac Ninh trade villages face major pollution

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pollution caused by different trade villages in the northern province of Bac Ninh are adversely affecting local residents’ health and the economic development, according to a new study.

Dong Nai basin pollution worries officials

 VietNamNet Bridge – Officials are deeply concerned about the “serious degradation” of water quality in the Dong Nai River basin.

Vietnam considers changing water source management

One of the important issues in the Water Resources Act is the shift from subsidy management to market price management. However, this has raised fears that  agricultural production costs will increase.

Smog-hit Beijing slapped with top 'fog' alert for second day

 The Chinese capital issued its highest red fog alert for a second day on Wednesday, keeping highways closed in and around the city which is already under a smog alert after weeks of choking winter pollution.

Aluminum recycling booms, busts

 VietNamNet Bridge – The lives of residents in Nam Truc District in the northern province of Nam Dinh have improved over the years thanks to aluminum recycling for handicrafts.

Ha Long cement factory causing pollution

 VietNamNet Bidge – Many households in northern Quang Ninh Province’s Hoanh Bo District have been forced to live with smoke and cement dust discharged from Ha Long Cement Factory for years.

GDP may contract 0.6 percent annually due to disasters, pollution

 Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) may shrink by about 0.6 percent per year between 2016 and 2020 due to natural disasters and environmental pollution, an official has warned at an international symposium in Hanoi on November 18.