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Soaring prices send fertilizer firms' profits skyrocketing

Soaring prices send fertilizer firms' profits skyrocketing

Vietnamese fertilizer firms reported three- and four-digit profit growth in the first half as global prices climbed on surging demand amid post-Covid recovery and the Russia-Ukraine war.
Farmers enslaved, poisoned by toxic chemicals

Farmers enslaved, poisoned by toxic chemicals

Airborne chemical levels soar following Hanoi warehouse blaze

Airborne chemical levels soar following Hanoi warehouse blaze

Residents near Hanoi warehouse fire exposed to mercury: environment ministry

Residents near Hanoi warehouse fire exposed to mercury: environment ministry

Hanoi residents who live within a 500-meter radius of the recent light bulb warehouse fire are being exposed to mercury, test results show.
September 4, 2019 | 08:56 am PT
Vietnam acts to ban cancer causing herbicides

Vietnam acts to ban cancer causing herbicides

Vietnam has issued a ban on fresh imports of glyphosate-containing herbicides after a U.S. court ruled they are carcinogenic.
March 26, 2019 | 03:02 am PT
Dear Monsanto. It's never been about the money.

Dear Monsanto. It's never been about the money.

An open letter to Monsanto makes an impassioned plea for justice. Deny Agent Orange victims, and humanity is denied.
September 16, 2018 | 10:55 pm PT
US jury orders Monsanto to pay $290mn to cancer patient over weed killer

US jury orders Monsanto to pay $290mn to cancer patient over weed killer

A California jury ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay nearly $290 million Friday for failing to warn that its weed killer causes cancer.
August 10, 2018 | 08:27 pm PT
Seven explosions in 10 minutes: China chemical plant blast kills 19

Seven explosions in 10 minutes: China chemical plant blast kills 19

A major explosion at a chemical plant in southwestern China has killed 19 people and injured 12, authorities said on Friday.
July 12, 2018 | 05:14 pm PT
Vietnam detains coffee plant owner amid alleged battery scam

Vietnam detains coffee plant owner amid alleged battery scam

Police are still clarifying whether her mixture of bean skin and battery chemicals was planned for drinkers.
April 23, 2018 | 05:41 pm PT
VX found on clothes of women accused of Kim Jong-Nam murder: chemist

VX found on clothes of women accused of Kim Jong-Nam murder: chemist

Traces of the poison were found on clippings of Vietnamese suspect's fingernails and Indonesian suspect's clothes.
October 5, 2017 | 01:55 am PT
 
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