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When people still trash a restaurant floor, it's hard to talk about keeping a country clean

When people still trash a restaurant floor, it's hard to talk about keeping a country clean

We often talk about public awareness for matters such as littering, queuing, or speeding on the road.
Sorting a big ask in Vietnam where people dump trash in random places

Sorting a big ask in Vietnam where people dump trash in random places

Vietnam wants garbage classified next year at latest

Vietnam wants garbage classified next year at latest

Floods, rain cover central Vietnam beach in trash

Floods, rain cover central Vietnam beach in trash

Rains and floods washed tons of trash ashore along An Vinh Village beach in the central province of Quang Ngai.
November 2, 2023 | 05:27 am PT
Trash worsens flooding on Saigon street

Trash worsens flooding on Saigon street

Chu Van An Street in HCMC’s Binh Thanh District was heavily flooded after a downpour Thursday night, and locals tried to clear trash for the water to drain.
July 13, 2023 | 11:51 pm PT
Water hyacinth brought by ocean overruns Vung Tau beach

Water hyacinth brought by ocean overruns Vung Tau beach

Sanitation workers in the southern beach town of Vung Tau have been cleaning up Bai Truoc, or Front Beach, which has been flooded with hundreds of tons of water hyacinth.
June 18, 2023 | 07:16 pm PT
Japanese expat group cleans up Hanoi's Sword Lake

Japanese expat group cleans up Hanoi's Sword Lake

For a decade now, a group of elderly Japanese has gathered every Sunday morning to pick up garbage scattered around Hanoi's iconic Sword Lake.
June 7, 2023 | 04:30 pm 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
Thua Thien-Hue to spend $85M to improve handling of solid waste

Thua Thien-Hue to spend $85M to improve handling of solid waste

Thua Thien-Hue Province, home to former citadel Hue, has approved a plan worth VND2 trillion ($85 million) to collect, transport and treat solid waste.
March 29, 2023 | 02:00 am PT
Iconic Da Nang river blanketed with trash

Iconic Da Nang river blanketed with trash

The Han River of Da Nang, a symbol of the central Vietnamese city, is polluted by trash and waste discarded by people.
March 18, 2023 | 06:11 pm PT
Garbage and more hinder Vietnamese tourism

Garbage and more hinder Vietnamese tourism

Sven Erik used to regularly pay work visits to Vietnam as a distributor for our Norwegian company, but I was curious why he never traveled our beautiful country for fun.
February 22, 2023 | 05:03 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
Trash is a global problem, not just in Da Lat

Trash is a global problem, not just in Da Lat

Readers were defensive after an American expat shared his opinions about rampant littering in Vietnam's tourist town Da Lat.
December 5, 2022 | 11:33 pm PT
Garbage, debris an eyesore on Da Nang coastal road

Garbage, debris an eyesore on Da Nang coastal road

The Hoang Sa-Vo Nguyen Giap-Truong Sa coastal road in Da Nang is filled with trash as people dump garbage wherever they find an empty piece of land.
November 25, 2022 | 08:00 pm PT
Trash piles up in central Vietnam as incinerator abandoned

Trash piles up in central Vietnam as incinerator abandoned

A garbage incinerator in the central province of Thanh Hoa has malfunctioned and been abandoned for the past three months, leaving hundreds of tons of trash to pile up.
November 6, 2022 | 08:43 pm PT
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