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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.
Residents block garbage trucks from overloaded landfill in Mekong Delta

Residents block garbage trucks from overloaded landfill in Mekong Delta

Locals in Ben Tre Province have taken turns stopping a landfill near their houses from taking in more garbage to protest pollution caused by the dumping ground.
July 24, 2023 | 01:49 am PT
Everything sold in Vietnam is double or triple wrapped in plastic

Everything sold in Vietnam is double or triple wrapped in plastic

Littering and the overuse of plastic are making Vietnam lose its charms to foreign tourists, readers said.
April 16, 2023 | 10:23 pm PT
Garbage spread all over Cam Ranh Bay's tourist island

Garbage spread all over Cam Ranh Bay's tourist island

The water surrounding Binh Ba Island in central Vietnam is covered with garbage discarded by locals or that floated there from other places.
December 16, 2022 | 08:00 pm PT
Policy to fine littering is good if it is enforced

Policy to fine littering is good if it is enforced

Readers welcomed Vietnam's plan to fine people for littering or urinating on the streets, but have doubt about the implementation.
July 20, 2022 | 07:35 pm PT
Vietnam to impose $43-86 fines for littering on streets

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

People found littering on streets, sidewalks and sewage systems will be fined VND1-2 million ($43-86) under a government decision that takes effect next month.
July 19, 2022 | 05:10 pm PT
Beaches trashed in central, southern Vietnam

Beaches trashed in central, southern Vietnam

Garbage has been washing up along beaches in Quang Ngai and Ba Ria Vung Tau provinces now that the rainy season is underway.
May 26, 2022 | 10:34 pm PT
Garbage covers beaches near Ha Long Bay

Garbage covers beaches near Ha Long Bay

Minh Chau and Quang Lan beaches, both tourist destinations in Vietnam’s northern Quang Ninh Province, are typically strewn with trash.
March 26, 2022 | 12:34 am PT
Vietnam's largest waste-to-energy plant nears completion

Vietnam's largest waste-to-energy plant nears completion

A plant to generate electricity from waste in Hanoi, with a capacity of handling 4,000 tons of solid refuse per day, will start operating this September.
June 26, 2021 | 05:30 am PT
Covid-19 again delays Hanoi waste-to-energy plant

Covid-19 again delays Hanoi waste-to-energy plant

A plant in Hanoi that will generate electricity from waste has been delayed for a second time, and might only be completed in May.
March 4, 2021 | 09:14 pm PT
Vietnam's trash bins carry plenty of food for thought

Vietnam's trash bins carry plenty of food for thought

I have had the time to “study” the trash bin for a while, having begun sorting waste at home almost 20 years ago.
December 6, 2020 | 07:21 pm PT
Vietnam to apply pay-as-you-throw model by 2025

Vietnam to apply pay-as-you-throw model by 2025

Vietnam will start charging households according to the amount of garbage they discard no later than 2025, as approved by the parliament.
November 17, 2020 | 11:44 pm PT
No balm yet for province’s headache over 100,000 tons of piled up garbage

No balm yet for province’s headache over 100,000 tons of piled up garbage

Can Tho City has refused to take garbage that piled up over the years in Tra Vinh Province pleading lack of capacity.
November 3, 2020 | 12:01 am PT
Hanoi faces garbage crisis as protesters block dump

Hanoi faces garbage crisis as protesters block dump

Garbage is being sent to small dumps in Hanoi after irate locals blockaded its biggest landfill and rubbish began to pile up on streets.
July 16, 2020 | 01:33 am PT
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