ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
Waste treatment plant opens in capital
06/10/2014|01:34:00
Thang Long Environmental Service Joint Stock Company has opened a VND160 billion (US$7.6 million) waste treatment plant in Hanoi's outlying district of Son Tay that uses advanced incineration technology to process 400 tonnes of garbage per day.
Cancer cases multiply near Dong Van Industrial Zone
06/10/2014|08:04:00
Many residents in villages in Ha Nam Province’s Duy Tien District became seriously ill and lost their jobs after giving up farmland to the state to make room for the Dong Van Industrial Zone (IZ) in the province.
Wildlife still widely consumed in Vietnam
01/10/2014|01:50:00
A recent report shows that consumption of products made from wild species is on the rise recently in Vietnam due to superstitions about the uses and lack of standard regulations.
AFD helps Vietnam cope with climate change
01/10/2014|01:48:00
The French Agency for Development (AFD) has pledged 20 million EUR (25.4 million USD) in loan for the fourth tranche of the Support Programme to Respond to Climate Change (SP-RCC) in Vietnam.