Environment and natural resources
90% of Vietnam’s urban household wastewater dumped directly into environment: report
A recent report in Vietnam has shed light on a worrying finding that 90 percent of urban household wastewater in the country is dumped directly into the environment without receiving any treatment. The report, compiled by the state-funded Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR), ...
Tuan Son
National strategy on solid waste management revised
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has signed a decision approving revisions to the national strategy on solid waste management to 2025 with a vision to 2050. The revised strategy sets the goal to collect, transport and treat 100 percent of harmful solid waste generated ...
VNA Reporter
Vietnam’s demand for investment in environment remains huge
Vietnam needs more preferential policies to attract foreign investors in the environment as the country’s demand for investment in the field is huge, but the capacity of domestic businesses remains limited, heard a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on May 9.Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Vietnam, France cooperate in climate change
On May 8 the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and the French Development Agency (AFD) launched the General Monetary and Multisectoral Macrodynamics for the Ecological Shift (GEMMES) model in Hanoi. Vietnam will be the first Asian country to apply GEMMES. The GEMMES ...
Ha Thanh
Raising awareness for young people about climate change
The latest indicators of climate change and rising sea levels in Việt Nam suggest that the country is at risk in the near future.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Violations in forest protection regulations go down
The number of forestry law violations in the first four months of 2018 declined by 31 per cent from last year to 4,226, reported the Việt Nam Administration of Forestry. These violations damaged 252ha of forest areas, down by 47 per cent year-on-year. Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Mineral exploitation needs to protect environment
Mineral exploitation may have contributed to economic development of northern mountainous Hà Giang Province over the past years but it has also caused serious problems to the environment and social life of local people, the Vietnam News Agency reports. Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
HCMC needs waste treatment facility
HCM City generates nearly 2,000 tonnes of construction waste each day, but only a minimal amount is collected and treated while the remaining amount is dumped or freely transferred without official oversight, according to the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Seminar introduces sustainable energy solutions for community
Low-cost models and sustainable energy solutions applied for the community in rural and mountainous areas were introduced at a recent seminar in Hanoi, which was jointly held by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Live & Learn and the French Cultural Centre (L’Espace) in ...
VNA Reporter
First Vietnamese honored with world’s top environment prize
A Vietnamese woman has been recognized for her outstanding contribution in curbing coal pollution in Vietnam by the U.S.-based Goldman Environmental Foundation. Nguy Thi Khanh, director of Green Innovation and Development Center (GreenID), has become the first Vietnamese to receive the Goldman prize, the world’s ...
Nguyen Quy
