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My 1,000 days without plastic bags

My 1,000 days without plastic bags

There are always a few cloth bags in the trunk of my motorbike, and food containers in my backpack. When a vendor hands me a plastic bag, I simply say no.
Untreated wastewater discharged into Da Nang river

Untreated wastewater discharged into Da Nang river

Mekong Delta province shuts down waste treatment plant over pollution

Mekong Delta province shuts down waste treatment plant over pollution

Parents let students off school to protest waste treatment plant construction

Parents let students off school to protest waste treatment plant construction

Hundreds of parents in the northern province of Hung Yen have kept their children from attending school to protest the construction of a waste treatment plant.
September 8, 2022 | 04:00 am PT
Vietnam's largest waste-to-energy plant begins operation

Vietnam's largest waste-to-energy plant begins operation

Vietnam's largest waste-to-energy plant, capable of handling 4,000 tons of dry waste a day, began operations Monday morning in Hanoi.
July 25, 2022 | 05:31 am PT
Hanoi builds $175 mln waste-to-energy plant

Hanoi builds $175 mln waste-to-energy plant

Hanoi on Wednesday began construction on a VND4 trillion ($175.1 million) waste-to-energy plant in Son Tay Town.
March 31, 2022 | 04:58 pm 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
Stop the flow of Vietnam's plastics into oceans

Stop the flow of Vietnam's plastics into oceans

I shuddered with fear when something slippery wrapped around my leg while I was swimming in the open sea in Con Dao – a remote island in the south of Vietnam.
June 10, 2021 | 04:12 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’s biggest landfill reopens as compensation talks resume

Hanoi’s biggest landfill reopens as compensation talks resume

Hanoi's Nam Son waste treatment plant reopened Friday afternoon as locals and authorities resumed dialogues about compensation and resettlement disputes.
July 17, 2020 | 05:50 am PT
Pay-as-you-throw model proposed for garbage collection

Pay-as-you-throw model proposed for garbage collection

People discarding trash should pay a fee based on the volume and type of rubbish, the Vietnam Environment Administration has suggested.
March 4, 2020 | 06:15 pm PT
Workers rush to collect waste in Hanoi after third landfill protest ends

Workers rush to collect waste in Hanoi after third landfill protest ends

Waste disposal work in Hanoi resumed after the third blockade of Nam Son landfill in Soc Son Ward was resolved Wednesday evening.
December 26, 2019 | 05:05 am PT
Protestors block roads leading to Hanoi landfill, demand compensation

Protestors block roads leading to Hanoi landfill, demand compensation

Local residents have been blocking roads leading to a waste treatment complex in Hanoi’s Soc Son District since Monday afternoon due to relocation disputes.
December 24, 2019 | 07:14 pm PT
HCMC begins work on first hazardous waste recycling plant

HCMC begins work on first hazardous waste recycling plant

Work on HCMC's first plant to process solid industrial and hazardous waste has begun and it's expected to become operational in September 2021.
December 21, 2019 | 07:00 pm PT
Vietnam makes a mess of waste management

Vietnam makes a mess of waste management

Unclear delineation of the roles of state agencies in managing waste has made a mess of sorting and collecting trash in Vietnam.
November 26, 2019 | 05:30 am PT
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