Company fined for releasing untreated waste water Đắk Mil Bazan Stone Company in the Central Highland province of Đắk Nông has received a fine of VNĐ108 million (US$4,600) for releasing untreated waste water.

Road collapses after container truck breaks water pipeline A container truck hit a section of a Sông Đuống Surface Water Plant pipeline in Gia Lâm District, Hà Nội in the early hours on Monday.

Titanium exploitation need to consider pros and cons Titanium exploitation projects have been causing bad impacts to environment but the economic sufficiency was so modest. So, many experts raised their concerns that the exploitation is worth anymore?

Sơn La people waiting desperately for latex stream to flow

Ten years ago, the Vietnamese Government sought to uplift disadvantaged ethnic minority groups in the mountainous region northwest of the country by pushing for development of rubber industry.

Hotels, restaurants found discharging hazardous wastewater Đà Nẵng City’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment has asked the city’s authority to hand out fines to 13 hotels and restaurants for discharging hazardous wastewater into the sea.

Hà Nội faces summer water shortages As summer approaches, people in the capital city of Hà Nội again face the most dreadful nightmare of urban life – a shortage of clean water.

Erosion-prevention measures urgently needed in Mekong Delta The Mekong Delta needs sustainable measures and sufficient financial resources to mitigate serious erosion along rivers and coastal areas, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hà Công Tuấn, has said.

HCM City to build underground reservoirs to draw floodwaters HCM City’s Steering Centre for the Urban Flood Control Programme has sought the People’s Committee’s approval to build five more underground reservoirs using Japanese Crosswave technology to prevent floods in the city.

Water shortage threatens Lý Sơn Islanders

Underground water in the Lý Sơn Islands, 30km off the coast of Quảng Ngãi Province, has become seriously salinised in the early dry season this year – the worst in the last three – as demand for water has exceeded current underwater reserves.

HCM City continues to boost anti-flood works

HCM City plans to carry out 218 anti-flooding works this year at a cost of nearly VNĐ8 trillion (US$345 million).