Việt Nam News

At the pharmacy in Bình Dân Hospital in HCM City’s District 3, staff use paper bags to pack medicine instead of plastic.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has proposed to raise the fines to VNĐ400 million (US$17,200) for violations on environmental protection, biodiversity preservation and protection of natural ecosystems.

The level of mercury found in various samples collected in the vicinity of a destroyed light bulb factory in a densely-populated area of Hà Nội has been deemed safe to human health, Việt Nam Environment Administration under the environment ministry said late on Wednesday.

Podul destroyed some 700 houses and schools in the two northern provinces of Yên Bái and Phú Thọ as of last night.

The Rạng Đông Light Source and Vacuum Flask JSC has said it no longer uses mercury and other toxic chemicals in it products, clearing concerns over possible contamination after the fire at its light bulb warehouse in Hạ Đình ward in Thanh Xuân District on Wednesday.

An international workshop, titled ‘Climate Change and Agriculture: Status, Impact, Adaptation, Insurance in Việt Nam and Taiwan’ opened in Hà Nội on Thursday.

The Hà Nội-based National Cancer Hospital will develop bidding plans to buy biodegradable bags to help reduce plastic waste.

Women play a particularly important role in sorting garbage at source and minimising the use of plastic bags and other single-use plastic products in households and communities, a top HCM City environment official has said.

A co-ordinated and sustained global effort “is needed to reinforce the circular economy through action-based projects,” an international forum heard in Bangkok.

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved the construction of three plants to generate electricity from waste using advanced technologies, and work on them will start in September and October, according to the city Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

The country's total rooftop solar power capacity is expected to reach around 2,000 MW by the end of 2020, according to Viet Nam Electricity (EVN).

Lê Hồng Vinh, Vice Chairman of Nghệ An Provincial People's Committee, issued a decision on Monday to fine Nghệ An Urban Construction and Environment Joint Stock Company VNĐ594 million (US$25,600) for pollution.

Authorities in southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province have agreed to burn domestic waste of Côn Đảo District instead of shipping it from the island to a landfill on the mainland.

A rescue centre has been set up for the first time in Mũi Dứa Cave on Cù Lao Chàm Island in an attempt to rescue thousands of baby swallows which fall from their nests each year.

Director of the Environmental Technology Centre under the Institute of Environmental Technology Phùng Chí Sỹ speaks to Hải quan (Customs) newspaper about measures to help business tap opportunities to develop eco-friendly products

About VNĐ4 billion (US$172,400) will be spent over the next five years to improve water supply and treatment for waste water in the southern province of Bình Dương.

Residents from Quảng Tân Commune in Central Highlands Province of Đắk Nông claim their lives are being affected by a passion fruit processing facility in the region.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta should use technology to create rice varieties resistant to bacterial leaf blight, speakers told an international conference that ended on August 20 in Cần Thơ.