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Waste-to-energy plant nearing completion in central Vietnam

Waste-to-energy plant nearing completion in central Vietnam

A waste treatment plant in the central Thua Thien Hue Province is set to generate 12MW of electricity per hour from 600 tons of waste it will process daily.
Da Nang warns hotels, restaurants against letting wastewater into sea

Da Nang warns hotels, restaurants against letting wastewater into sea

HCMC accelerates progress of waste-to-energy plants

HCMC accelerates progress of waste-to-energy plants

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
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
It's not too hard for Vietnamese to go zero-waste

It's not too hard for Vietnamese to go zero-waste

In the olden days, many Vietnamese used to wrap food in banana leaves, store rice in vases and eat meals with bamboo sticks. All environmentally friendly materials.
June 12, 2023 | 10:41 pm PT
Untreated wastewater discharged into Da Nang river

Untreated wastewater discharged into Da Nang river

Wastewater from sewer gates has been poured directly into the Cam Le River of Da Nang, turning the water blackish with foul smell.
June 12, 2023 | 02:06 am PT
Phu Quoc to burn 200,000 tons of trash over two years

Phu Quoc to burn 200,000 tons of trash over two years

Some 200,000 tons of trash that have oiled up at a Phu Quoc Island landfill will be burned over two years at a cost of VND55 billion (US$2.3 million).
June 4, 2023 | 05:19 am PT
Hanoi district launches plastic recycling program

Hanoi district launches plastic recycling program

Hanoi's Hoan Kiem District is aiming for a new plastic waste recycling program to collect 100 kg of trash every week.
April 17, 2023 | 05:23 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
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
No ideal waste treatment technology for Vietnam yet

No ideal waste treatment technology for Vietnam yet

The ideal waste treatment technology is still out of reach for Vietnam due to high humidity and unsorted trash, a company director told a Monday conference.
August 9, 2022 | 06:00 am PT
Vietnam struggling to decide how to treat solid waste

Vietnam struggling to decide how to treat solid waste

The treatment of solid wastes in the country has come under scrutiny, with authorities struggling to identify optimal methods.
May 13, 2019 | 10:31 pm 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
 
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