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HCMC residents trash, dirty Thu Thiem urban area

HCMC residents trash, dirty Thu Thiem urban area

Streets, ponds and land plots of HCMC's Thu Thiem, expected to become the most modern area in Southeast Asia, have been turned into open landfills as people trash the place.
Photographers turn images of built-up trash into artistic statements

Photographers turn images of built-up trash into artistic statements

Two Vietnamese photographers hope to use images of trash-filled rivers to raise public awareness about plastic pollution.
February 17, 2022 | 07:00 am PT
$33.8-mln Hanoi plasma waste converter remains unfinished amid garbage overload

$33.8-mln Hanoi plasma waste converter remains unfinished amid garbage overload

A waste-to-energy plant using plasma technology in Hanoi remains unfinished since 2011, with its investor and authorities blaming each other for it.
November 27, 2021 | 05:00 pm PT
Hanoi landfill to get $7.5 mln upgrade

Hanoi landfill to get $7.5 mln upgrade

The larger of Hanoi’s two landfills would be upgraded with leachate ponds and trash dumps at a cost of VND170 billion ($7.48 million), the city People's Committee said.
November 11, 2021 | 07:00 pm PT
Downpours see Hanoi inundated with uncollected trash

Downpours see Hanoi inundated with uncollected trash

Hanoians have suffered the stench of uncollected trash since the city's biggest landfill got shut down for three days.
November 3, 2021 | 05:21 am PT
Trash collectors wade through life as salaries delayed

Trash collectors wade through life as salaries delayed

A family in Hanoi's Phuc Tho District has barely made ends meet these past seven months as their employer, a trash collection company, delays salary payments.
July 2, 2021 | 10:00 pm PT
HCMC garbage collectors find going hard amid Covid

HCMC garbage collectors find going hard amid Covid

On a sizzling hot summer day in HCMC, environmental workers in full protective suits drive into a trash dump at a Covid-19 field hospital.
June 8, 2021 | 05:30 am PT
Polluted Saigon canal drives citizens to the brink after two decades

Polluted Saigon canal drives citizens to the brink after two decades

A cleanup of the Xuyen Tam Canal in Saigon proposed 20 years ago never took place, and an unbearable stench assails the thousands of people living around it.
March 22, 2021 | 04:43 pm PT
HCMC firms to spend $261 mln on environmental projects

HCMC firms to spend $261 mln on environmental projects

Two HCMC-owned firms said Tuesday they will spend around VND6 trillion ($261 million) in the next five years on environmental projects.
February 24, 2021 | 05:00 am PT
Hanoi Party chief sets out to right environmental wrongs

Hanoi Party chief sets out to right environmental wrongs

Hanoi will focus on resolving environmental issues this year, particularly the controversial Nam Son waste treatment complex and low tree cover.
January 14, 2021 | 06:00 pm PT
Hanoi to sort burnable trash for efficient waste treatment

Hanoi to sort burnable trash for efficient waste treatment

The capital city will sort its trash into burnable and non-burnable categories for optimum waste processing, an official said.
November 27, 2020 | 06:00 pm PT
Hanoi trash collectors raise stench over salary delay

Hanoi trash collectors raise stench over salary delay

During a week-long strike, garbage has been left to stack up in Tay Ho and Nam Tu Liem districts of Hanoi, disrupting daily life and causing pollution.
November 19, 2020 | 11:09 pm PT
Vietnam’s solid waste up 46 pct in decade: report

Vietnam’s solid waste up 46 pct in decade: report

The amount of domestic solid waste in Vietnam has increased by 46 percent from 2010 to 2019, according to a recent national report on solid waste management.
November 18, 2020 | 04:57 pm PT
With someone taking out the trash, Hanoians breathe a sigh of relief

With someone taking out the trash, Hanoians breathe a sigh of relief

Millions of Hanoians are relieved after having their daily lives upended by mountains of garbage piling upon city streets and the stench rising to unbearable levels.
October 26, 2020 | 07:45 am PT
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