HCM City takes steps to reduce pollution in canal networks The People’s Committee of HCM City has taken several steps to solve pollution in four canals in HCM City's Thu Duc District and District 9.

Water management sector needs a high-quality workforce

As the water supply and drainage sector gears towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution, there is an urgent demand for the training of highly skilled engineers and system operators who are capable of adapting to constantly changing technology, according to Việt Nam Water Supply and Sewerage Association (VWSA).

Scientists mull world water shortages

Some 150 scientists gathered in Hà Nội to discuss how to develop environmentally friendly, economically viable and energy efficient process to treat and preserve the world’s limited water resources.

Waste water plants hung out to dry

It has been exactly ten years since an industrial waste water treatment station was built in Tân Triều village in Hà Nội’s Thanh Xuân District. However, the plant has not operated for a single day, while residents who make their living weaving, dying and recycling, are forced to treat the waste water by themselves.

Cẩm Thanh seek a joint protection of nipa palm forest

A joint-control and management agreement on protection of nipa palm forest in Cẩm Thanh commune has been reached by local administration, scientists, local residents and businesses – the first ever deal set for environment protection in a jointly co-operation between administration and community in the central region.

Hội An moves to restore Japanese Bridge

Positive and urgent measures are needed to review the restoration of the 400-year-old Japanese Bridge – a popular attraction and cultural symbol in Hội An – from collapsing.

Central city seeks more support from World Bank Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Huynh Duc Tho asked the World Bank to increase its funding for waste water treatment projects in the city during a meeting with the WB's Country Director for Viet Nam, Victoria Kwakwa, on Thursday.

Waste water upsets residents, pollutes For six years, a dreadful stink has upset residents living near a channel carrying waste-water from the Phu Loc waste-water treatment station in the city's Thanh Khe District.

Ancient city to build waste treatment plant The ancient city of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam will construct a waste water treatment station to improve the channel running through the Japanese Bridge, one of the most visited site in the tourism hub, this November.

Nation pays heavy price for industrial gains1 The excessive number of industrial parks and export processing zones have caused serious environmental pollution in the country, experts said at a seminar held in HCM City last Friday.