ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
Vietnam Sea and Islands Week 2018: Keep Ocean Blue
04/06/2018|11:07:00
Under the theme "Keep Ocean Blue" - the 10th ceremony on the occasion of the World Ocean Day and Vietnam Sea and Islands Week 2018 will be taken place in Quang Ninh province. This is an annual social and political event having great meaning, as a call to remind every Vietnamese on protection of the sovereignty of the sea and islands, protection of environment and marine natural resources.
Waste treatment delayed in Vietnam
30/05/2018|11:04:00
Poor infrastructure investment in waste treatment has kept Vietnam in the list of five countries who together discharge more solid waste, particularly plastic, into the ocean than the rest of the world combined. The other four countries are China, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.
Hanoi faces increasingly harmful air quality
21/05/2018|02:44:00
Hanoi suffered from air pollution most of the days in in the first quarter of this year, according to a report from the Hanoi-based Green Innovation and Development Centre (GreenID).
Sixth GEF Assembly to be held in Da Nang
21/05/2018|02:41:00
The Sixth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) will take place from June 27-28, 2018 at the Furama International Conference Center in Da Nang, Vietnam. This assembly was set up to tackle the planet’s most pressing environmental problems.