Fewer new pollution hotspots have been found in Việt Nam in the past few years, but vigilance is needed to control potential risks, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Việt Nam Environment Administration has said.

The country currently allows offshore disposal of dredged material and waste from three to six nautical miles from land.

Audit institutions of Asean countries shared their progress, experiences and challenges in environmental auditing that is supposed to ensure sustainable development.

Việt Nam can meet its future energy demand while still complying with the Paris Agreement if 30 GW of coal power, equivalent to 25 coal-fired power plants , is replaced by renewable energy.

Construction on the Vĩnh Tân 4 thermal power plant in the southern province of Bình Thuận is on schedule and has met both international and Vietnamese standards on environmental protection, announced Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN).

Resignation submission of officers who are under inspection and punishment consideration is not accepted, according to Law on Officers and Public Servants, said Mai Tiến Dũng, Chairman of the Government Office regarding the resignation letter recently submitted by Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Hồ Thị Kim Thoa.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has called for clarification after waste dumping violations reportedly occured at a coal-powered power plant into the sea off the coast of Bình Thuận Province, an area rich in natural resources that could be badly damaged by the waste.

Electricity of Việt Nam’s (EVN) Power Generation Corporation 3 (EVNGENCO 3) is submitting an application for a license to dump waste mud into the ocean, a company official has said.

Earlier this month, the Environment Minister said “we can’t dump waste into the sea.”

South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction, general constructor of the Vĩnh Tân Thermal Power Plant No 4 in Bình Thuận Province, will take responsibility for the fire at the construction site .