VietNamNet Bridge – Up to four thousand people in Quang Trach Commune in Thanh Hoa Province have been suffering severe environmental pollution, reported online newspaper dantri.com.vn.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of streets in Tan Phu District, as well as canals and arroyos in the area, are full of waste.

VietNamNet Bridge - A lot of people have become rich by running garbage collection rings, considered valuable assets transferred from generation to generation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents of Loc Thuy Commune in central Thua Thien-Hue Province are blocking garbage trucks from entering a local waste treatment plant, saying that it has severely polluted the neighbourhood.

About 76,000 tons of waste is discharged every day in Vietnam, 80 percent of which is carried to landfills. It is estimated that the  7,000 tons of solid domestic waste dumped daily in HCMC could produce 1 billion kwh of electricity a year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many waste treatment plants, which are used to prevent pollution, have made the problem worse in some localities.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC Department of Natural Resources and Environment has finished appraising a waste-to-power project using thermal plasma technology proposed by Trisun Green Energy Co.

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists have for the first time rung the alarm over the high dioxin concentration in emissions and waste water in waste treatment plant areas.

 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

VietNamNet Bridge – Local residents in Duc Phong Commune, Mo Duc District, in the central province of Quang Ngai, have managed to avoid polluting their local environment since 2010, thanks to a waste treatment plant