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Polluted stream threatens Ha Long Bay

A 1 km-long severely polluted stream is directly discharging waste water from a coal mine into Ha Long Bay.

Experts call for better water resources management to cope with climate change

Both climate-change adaptation and modern technological solutions are needed to actively manage water resources, deputy director of the Viet Nam Academy for Water Resources, Tran Dinh Hoa, told a workshop in HCM City last week.

Rang Dong to relocate factory to Hoa Lac High-Tech Park

Rang Dong plans to relocate its existing facility to Hoa Lac High-Tech Park to manufacture LED lights with the total investment of $34.78 million.

Number of scrap containers stuck at ports reduced by half

As many as 10,102 scrap containers were held up at Vietnamese ports as of mid-September, a fall of 10,852 containers as compared to the end of 2018, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

 

Hundreds of temperature records broken over summer

Nearly 400 all-time high temperature records were broken over the summer.

Ba Ria-Vung Tau’s beaches full of waste

Tonnes of garbage have been discovered dumped on beaches in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau City.

Vietnam carrying out transport transformation to reduce emissions

Road transport makes up 85 percent of total emissions, an overwhelming proportion over other segments.

Green actions help ditch plastic in Da Nang

Pham Dat, 28, started up his own café shop – Tipi Coffee – in the central city of Da Nang in 2014, but started going ‘green’ by using bamboo straws two years later. The shop started using glass and stainless steel straws in 2017.

'Ozone hole vigilance still required'

It may be the smallest ozone hole in three decades but scientists are warning against complacency.

Policy and legislation to respond to climate change should be improved

In response to climate change, amendments to some parts of the 2014 Law on Environmental Protection are necessary, said Truong Duc Tri, Deputy Director of the Department of Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

HCM City pollution blamed on thermo-power plants, vehicle emissions

The coal-fired power plants in the region are believed to be a main contributor to the increased pollution in HCM City.

Hanoi is not the world’s most polluted city: AirVisual

A separate annual world ranking elaborated by IQAir (owner of AirVisual) in partnership with Greenpeace in March showed that Hanoi was not in the world’s top 200 most polluted cities last year.

Vietnam's environmental protection law amendment proposed

To better respond to the negative effects of climate change, it is necessary to amend and supplement some articles of the 2014 Environmental Protection Law.

Hoi An faces waste management headache

Authorities in Hoi An are seeking measures to deal with the rising amount of waste.

Long term plan needed to respond to climate change in Vietnam

Le Thanh Tung, deputy head the Department of Plant Cultivation, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to Nông thôn Ngày Nay newspaper on the need to develop a long term plan to cope with floods in the Mekong Delta.

HCM City admits efforts to combat air pollution not fruitful

Further measures are required to tackle the air pollution that has been plaguing HCM City in the last few days, authorities have admitted.

HCM City’s lack of automatic air monitoring stations means public knows too late about pollution

A haze has covered HCM City on and off for the last two weeks and air quality has severely deteriorated according to some global weather monitoring websites, but city residents are not getting information about it in time from authorities.

Dong Nai river full of waste water, millions of people in danger

Dong Nai River, which runs through many provinces and cities, has received waste water discharge from production workshops, industrial zones (IZ) and fishing village's for years.

Hanoi sets up weather warning system

The Institute of Geophysics at the Ministry of Science and Technology has successfully built a modern warning and monitoring system to collect input data for forecasting heavy rain and flooding in Hanoi.

Mining firms fail to clean up

Environmental restoration after mining and mineral exploitation activities may be the responsibility of mining firms, but for years these companies have ignored their duty, harming the environment and human health.