Environment and natural resources
Environmental and biodiversity protection
Vietnam has low rate of green certificates for products, buildings
The percentage of Vietnam’s businesses having ISO 14000 certificates is below the average level and much lower than that in China. []By the end of the last year, 732 Vietnam businesses had CoC/FSC certificates, the highest number in Southeast Asia. Of these, 49 businesses got FSC/FM ...
Thanh Lich
Fishing to be forbidden in Ha Long Bay’s natural reserves
The People’s Committee in Ha Long City, in the northern province of Quang Ninh, has announced that all kinds of fishing will be banned in Ha Long Bay’s natural reserve sites as of October 1. Only authority-approved fishing and diving activities for tourism using traditional tools ...
VNA Reporter
HCM City seeks ways to curb CO2 emissions from vehicles
Air pollution in HCM City caused by vehicles has become even more serious than the level of pollution emitted by industrial zones, environmental experts say.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Efforts needed to preserve wetlands
Wetlands play a major role in preserving biodiversity and fighting climate change in Vietnam, but the country is yet to establish firm strategies on how to preserve them. There are about 10 million hectares of wetlands in Vietnam spreading across eight ecological zones, including the Red ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Heavy fines still fail to stop littering
Regulations imposing heavy fines of up to 7 million VND (308 USD) on those who litter in public areas have been in effect for a year-and-a-half, but the number of violators who have been discovered and fined remains modest, so most city dwellers are indifferent ...
VNA Reporter
List of scraps permitted for import to be shortened: Ministry
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) is seeking to remove scrap parts used for manufacturing from allowed import lists which either contribute to polluting the environment or can be supplied locally, as specified in Decision No.73/2014/QD-TTg.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Vietnam postpones plans to increase fuel tax
Vietnam’s National Assembly has decided to postpone a controversial plan to increase environmental tax on fuel.Keep reading ...
Anh Minh
Imports of used materials to be tightened
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) will ask the Government to restrict the import of recyclable and used materials to Việt Nam.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Gov’t plan to reduce number of polluting enterprises
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has recently approved a VNĐ535 billion (US$23 million) programme to wipe out utility enterprises seriously polluting the environment by 2020.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
HCMC to reduce waste burial
HCMC will reduce waste burial to below 50% by 2020 by switching to new waste treatment technologies, according to the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment.Keep reading ...
The Saigon Times Reporter
