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Vietnam's heavy air pollution needs stronger action

Vietnam's heavy air pollution needs stronger action

On March 22 this year, as IQAir's annual survey named Vietnam the 2nd most polluted country in the ASEAN region, and the 22nd worst air quality globally.
Mystery oil spill hits central Vietnam coast

Mystery oil spill hits central Vietnam coast

South Korea as Vietnam's model for not littering

South Korea as Vietnam's model for not littering

Company fined $26,700 for sludge incident

Company fined $26,700 for sludge incident

The Lao Cai People’s Committee in northern Vietnam has fined a company VND650 million ($26,776) following a sludge leakage incident that affected over 100 families.
December 12, 2023 | 05:30 pm PT
Project encroaching on Ha Long Bay fined $5,100

Project encroaching on Ha Long Bay fined $5,100

The main investor of an urban project built illegally on a protected zone in northern Quang Ninh Province’s Ha Long Bay has been fined VND125 million ($5,140) for environmental violations.
November 7, 2023 | 07:33 am PT
Work on urban project stopped for encroaching on Ha Long Bay

Work on urban project stopped for encroaching on Ha Long Bay

An urban project in Ha Long Bay that encroaches on a protected area has been put on hold for some environmental issues to be resolved.
November 6, 2023 | 08:36 pm PT
River of garbage and odor runs through Hanoi

River of garbage and odor runs through Hanoi

The 76 kilometers of the Nhue River through Hanoi and its environs are pockmarked with hundreds of sewers discharging waste straight into the black, stinking river.
October 21, 2023 | 05:29 am PT
Use the law against litterers, 'consciousness' won't work

Use the law against litterers, 'consciousness' won't work

Readers say the trash dumping problem in Vietnam is getting worse and there must be more strict punishments against it.
August 31, 2023 | 04:00 pm PT
Garbage fills up lagoon as waste treatment plant unfit for duty

Garbage fills up lagoon as waste treatment plant unfit for duty

A lagoon linking a residential area with an estuary in central Vietnam has become a landfill as locals keep dumping trash there.
August 14, 2023 | 04:35 am PT
Hanoi, HCMC least successful at addressing wildlife crime

Hanoi, HCMC least successful at addressing wildlife crime

Hanoi and HCMC are among the least effective localities in Vietnam in addressing reports of wildlife crime, according to a report by Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV).
August 9, 2023 | 06:24 pm PT
Sludge from copper extraction barrels down northern Vietnam houses

Sludge from copper extraction barrels down northern Vietnam houses

Thousands of cubic meters of water and sludge from copper ore processing barreled down houses in northern Lao Cai Province on Tuesday.
August 8, 2023 | 07:12 am PT
Vietnam needs around $400B for climate change response

Vietnam needs around $400B for climate change response

Vietnam will need about US$400 billion from now to 2040 to effectively respond to climate change, according to the Climate Change Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
August 6, 2023 | 07:42 pm PT
Mekong Delta families block entry to waste treatment plant

Mekong Delta families block entry to waste treatment plant

Hundreds of families in the Mekong Delta's Ben Tre Province have sent people to block trucks from entering a waste treatment facility due to the pollution it causes.
August 6, 2023 | 07:33 pm PT
Port to dump 4-million-m3 of earth in sea

Port to dump 4-million-m3 of earth in sea

The transport ministry will dump 3.8 million cubic meters of mud and sand into the ocean to upgrade the Quy Nhon Port in central Vietnam to accommodate heavier vessels.
June 28, 2023 | 04:33 pm PT
Vietnam spends too little on handling waste: WB

Vietnam spends too little on handling waste: WB

Vietnam's spending on domestic waste treatment accounts for 0.23% of its GDP compared to the global rate of 0.5%, the World Bank said Wednesday at a seminar in Hanoi.
April 13, 2023 | 03:00 am PT
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