Army must ensure safety at sea: top leader

The army must always be prepared to ensure the safety of the country’s sea-based economy and safeguard its sovereignty, Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng said.

HCM City’s lack of automatic air monitoring stations means public knows too late about pollution A haze has covered HCM City on and off for the last two weeks and air quality has severely deteriorated according to some global weather monitoring websites, but city residents are not getting information about it in time from authorities.

Việt Nam needs strategy for earth observation technology Doãn Hà Thắng, an expert on space technology, talks to Viet Nam News about the development of earth observation technologies (remote sensing) and how these can be applied for the country’s social-economic development and well-being.

Formosa meets standard three years after pollution incident: environment ministry Deputy environment minister Võ Tuấn Nhân said inspections showed the steelmaker had completed most of the improvement work to its wastewater treatment system demanded by the Government.

Formosa compensation to be spent on fishing logistics and aquatic ecosystem regeneration

The four provinces will develop projects improving logistics for seafood and fishing industries in the provinces including fishing ports, waterway dredging projects and other seafood production facilities

Oil spill from floating fuel station cleaned up

About 85 per cent of an oil spill from a sunken floating fuel station in Hải Dương province’s Nam Sách District has been recovered, local authorities said.

Water quality inspections to be held nationwide

People’s Committees of cities and provinces were assigned to issue their own technical regulations on water quality for domestic use.

PM Phúc visits Quảng Bình to lure investment in the province

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has stressed the importance of tourism in the central province of Quảng Bình, saying it should be the number one target of sustainable socio-economic development in the province.

Hà Tĩnh Province should strive for self-financing: PM

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has told the central province of  Hà Tĩnh the time is right to strive for self-financing. He praised the province for its good growth and high disbursement of public investment capital in the first half of the year.

PM: Efforts to assist people affected by Formosa incident pay off

Efforts to stabilise lives, production and businesses in the central provinces affected by the Formosa-related marine environmental incident have paid off, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc at a national conference in Quảng Trị Province on May 17.