ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
Germany supports climate change initiative in Vietnam
18/06/2014|11:23:00
On June 10, Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and the Germany Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), officially launched a project supporting the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in Vietnam.
Binh Duong shuts 142 polluting brick kilns
16/06/2014|04:00:00
The southern Binh Duong Province People's Committee will have closed 142 Hoffman brick kilns by the end of this month, due to their polluting the air.
Dong Nai ensuring environmental safety in industrial parks
13/06/2014|10:49:00
Concentrated wastewater treatment systems in 21 out of the 28 operating industrial parks in the southern province of Dong Nai have been working effectively, with a total processing capacity of 102,000 cubic metres of water per day, according to the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
Shrimp ponds displace protective forests in coastal areas
12/06/2014|04:36:00
The increase in farming shrimp in ponds in coastal areas has contributed to the displacement of forests that once protected people from sand and floods in the central province of Quang Nam and the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu.