ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
Pollution reaches alarming levels
25/07/2014|08:44:00
Viet Nam hopes to control environmental pollution at the source, deputy director general of the Viet Nam Environment Administration, Tran The Loan, told the Thoi bao Kinh te (Viet Nam Economic Times) Newspaper
Rare flora preserved at Tram Chim National Park
23/07/2014|01:46:00
Eight species of flora enlisted in Vietnam’s Red Book are being preserved at the Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, which enhances the ecological balance and the rehabilitation of regional species that are on the brink of extinction.
Exhaust fumes take toll on HCM City air quality
18/07/2014|04:49:00
Air pollution has been a serious problem in HCM City for a long time now, but polluters face no serious punishment because of a toothless Environment Law and lack of adequate equipment to measure the pollution they cause.