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HCMC accelerates progress of waste-to-energy plants

HCMC accelerates progress of waste-to-energy plants

Ho Chi Minh City has five ongoing projects aimed at transforming current solid waste treatment plants into waste-to-energy models, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
PM addresses Mekong Delta's environment crisis

PM addresses Mekong Delta's environment crisis

Vietnam to impose $43-86 fines for littering on streets

Vietnam to impose $43-86 fines for littering on streets

Trashed: ‘Billionaire scrap village’ residents die a slow death

Trashed: ‘Billionaire scrap village’ residents die a slow death

Recycling plastic waste is taking a toll in Minh Khai Village.
June 16, 2018 | 05:00 am PT
Vietnam needs just one, not 26 coal power plants

Vietnam needs just one, not 26 coal power plants

Nation can save $7 billion in coal imports and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 116 million tons each year, experts say.
June 6, 2018 | 08:14 pm PT
Southeast Asia choking on plastic waste

Southeast Asia choking on plastic waste

Vietnam shares big responsibility for eight million tons of plastic dumped into the world's oceans every year.
June 6, 2018 | 02:02 am PT
Time to scrap scrap imports: Vietnam minister

Time to scrap scrap imports: Vietnam minister

Environment minister sounds alarm, saying Vietnam is ill equipped to treat its solid waste.
June 5, 2018 | 09:34 pm PT
Drastic plastic: Vietnam beach awash with tide of blue waste

Drastic plastic: Vietnam beach awash with tide of blue waste

A once-peaceful and clean beach in Thanh Hoa has been slowly suffocating under the weight of plastic waste.
June 4, 2018 | 11:05 pm PT
Ban plastic bags? UN seeks to cut pollution as recycling falls short

Ban plastic bags? UN seeks to cut pollution as recycling falls short

Up to five trillion plastic bags are used worldwide each year.
June 4, 2018 | 07:30 pm PT
That sinking feeling again: Erosion exacts more toll in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta

That sinking feeling again: Erosion exacts more toll in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta

Sea erosion reduces nearly 50 houses to rubble.
May 30, 2018 | 09:54 pm PT
Vietnamese woman’s journey from thermal plant admirer to environment prize winner

Vietnamese woman’s journey from thermal plant admirer to environment prize winner

She has led the country’s fight against coal and convinced the government to increase the share of renewable energy.
May 19, 2018 | 07:00 pm PT
Hanoi suffers alarming air pollution almost entire Q1 2018: report

Hanoi suffers alarming air pollution almost entire Q1 2018: report

Transportation, industrialization and energy production are to blame, according to locals.
May 16, 2018 | 05:00 am PT
 
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