Hà Nội likely not to see disrupted water supply this summer

Water plants in Hà Nội were asked to implement measures to ensure supply for the city during summer when demand for water usually increases, said vice director of the city’s Construction Department Hoàng Cao Thắng.

Ministry proposes $22 million package to deal with salinity, drought

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has recently proposed an aid package worth VNĐ515.3 billion ($22 million) to deal with drought and saltwater intrusion in 2020.

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.

Rural residents thirsty for clean water

Thousands of households in the northern province of Quảng Ninh are thirsty for fresh water as most wells they use have recently been contaminated with alum.

Illgal gold mineral exploitation rampant in Bắc Kạn

Illegal gold mining in the Kim Hỷ Nature Reserve in the northern province of Bắc Kạn continues to be a puzzle for authorities despite their best efforts to put an end to the activity.

9 sentenced for water pipeline ruptures

All nine defendants in the notorious case of the Đà River – Hà Nội water pipe breakdown yesterday received a cumulative 14-year sentence for their wrongdoings, with three defendants receiving probation.

Nine on trial for 18 ruptures in major water pipeline to Hà Nội

Yesterday, the Hà Nội People’s Court commenced a first-instance trial looking into wrongdoings that caused repeated failures of a major pipeline that supplies water to the capital city.

Trial begins in Đà River pipeline rupture case

The People’s Court here on Monday opened the first-instance criminal hearing of nine former officials who are allegedly responsible for the rupture of the Đà River pipeline 18 times.

Trial on Đà River broken pipes starts on March 5

Ex-director of Đà River Water Pipeline Project prosecuted

The Supreme People’s Procuracy has pronounced the second verdict charging former director of Đà River Pipeline project Hoàng Thế Trung for “violating construction regulations and cause serious consequences.”