Major reservoir at risk of pollution

 Đá Đen reservoir, which supplies water to 90 per cent of the people in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province, is at risk of being severely polluted.

Environmental administration official dismissed over Formosa disaster

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has decided to dismiss a senior official from the Việt Nam Environment Administration over his role in the Formosa environmental disaster last year.

Formosa furnace test stricty supervised

Taiwan-invested Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Hà Tĩnh Iron and Steel Co.,Ltd has conducted test run of its first blast furnace, deputy director of the Vietnam Environment Administration Hoàng Dương Tùng said on Monday.

Bodies, individuals related to Formosa disaster made public

Infringements and defects committed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Party Civil Affairs Committee and individuals involved in the Formosa fish deaths were serious and must be punished, announced the Central Inspection Commission.

Sight glass of steam boiler explodes, one killed

The sight glass of a steam boiler at Hoà Bình Sugarcane JSC in northern Hoà Bình Province recently exploded, killing a worker who was operating the boiler.

Sustainable development – an inevitable business trend

Sustainable development is an inevitable trend and is increasingly popular in the business community, both globally and in Viet Nam, said  VCCI’s vice chairman Đoàn Duy Khương at a Thursday conference on sustainable development and essential trends.

Media plays important role in boosting sustainable consumption

The media played a pioneering role in raising the community’s awareness, concern for and participation in sustainable consumption and production efforts, experts attending a workshop on the issue said.

Yên Bái receives solar lanterns

Some 702 solar lanterns have been provided to the northern Yên Bái Province by Panasonic in an integrated environmental event jointly organised by Vietnam Environment Administration and World Vision International Vietnam.

Post harvest straw smoke continues to harm people Smoke from burning stacks of straw and waste in fields on the outskirts of Ha Noi occurs annually, causing risks to people's health and traffic safety after every rice harvest.

One million trees project takes root in Ha Noi Approximately 150 trees were planted in Ha Noi-Amsterdam High School this morning, as the programme to plant one million trees in schools nationwide began to branch out.