Việt Nam News

Việt Nam Environment Administration has announced that indicators of water, air quality and odour of the Tân Rai bauxite-alumina complex in the Central Highland province of Lâm Đồng have been within the allowed standard. 

Stricter punishment, particularly criminal charges, should be imposed on illegal sand exploitation activities, said Poliburo member and president of the Việt Nam Father Land Front Central Committe, Nguyễn Thiện Nhân.

Treatment of urban waste is proving to be a challenge for Mekong Delta provinces because the operation of many garbage treatment plants has been delayed due to disputes over pricing and investors are shying away since it is not a lucrative business.

Workers of HCM City Urban Environment Company spent Tuesday morning and noon collecting fish deaths and spread chemical to avoid possible pollution on the city’s Nhiêu Lộc – Thị Nghè Canal.

Việt Nam Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Hậu Giang has owned up responsibility for polluting the environment, affecting nearby households.

The People’s Committee of HCM City has submitted a solid-waste treatment plan to 2020 to the Construction Ministry, which will seek approval from the central Government.

Standard medical wastewater treatment systems have been set up in only 60 percent of total 13,000 healthcare clinics nationwide, said Deputy Minister of Health (MoH) Nguyễn Thanh Long at a conference held in the capital city on Thursday.

The environment ministry on Thursday ordered the Việt Nam Environment Administration to collaborate with Hậu Giang Province to investigate media reports about environmental pollution caused by Việt Nam Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited after its waste treatment plant developed problems.

Increased awareness of the negative impacts of sand mining has sparked public outrage of late, but it has proceeded apace.

The People’s Procuracy of Central Highlands Đắk Nông Province has arrested the former director of a forestry company as part of an investigation into the destruction of 2,000 hectares of forest.

 Polluted river water is the main reason behind the recent mass fish deaths in Vĩnh Trà River in Thái Bình Province, its department of natural resources and environment has said.

All dredging and sand exploitation operation on Đồng Nai River are illegal, the People’s Committee of Đồng Nai Province affirmed at a meeting on sand mining management on Tuesday.

Việt Nam has asked South Korea to share experiences as well as assist Việt Nam to build a complete law system on environment.

The southern central province of Bình Thuận has issued a temporary ban on the exploitation of molluscs and bivalves across its sea waters as part of an effort to protect and regenerate dwindling marine resources.

Hà Nội is calling for investment in wastewater treatment projects from 2016 to 2020 in a bid to protect the environment for sustainable development.

Water in a 10ha reservoir in southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province’s Tân Hải Commune has turned red and has a terrible smell.

Emissions from Tứ Đỉnh Joint Stock Company’s metallurgy plant have destroyed around 200 hectares of pineapple and other crops in the northern Lào Cai Province’s Mường Khương District, authorities said.

The average water level of many parts of the Hồng (Red) river has remarkably reduced in recent years, badly affecting agricultural production and the living conditions of residents in the northern low-land and midland areas.