Việt Nam to build nine new railways by 2030

Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn Thành has signed a decision approving the railway system planning for 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, which sets a target of building nine new railways by 2030.

Three more companies to collect, treat growing COVID-19-related wastes in HCM City

HCM City has licensed three more companies with approval from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to collect and treat Covid-19-related wastes to cope with their sharp increase as the pandemic continues unabated.

Experts joint drafting decree to concretise environmental protection law The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is calling for contributions to a draft Government’s decree to concretise a number of articles in the amended Law on Environmental Protection that was approved by National Assembly last November. The online newspaper Tài nguyên Môi trường (Natural Resources and Environment) introduced some experts’ opinions.

Medical, plastic wastes skyrocket in HCM City due to pandemic1 The surge in plastic and coronavirus-related wastes in HCM City is creating huge pressure on its waste treatment system. 

Hà Nội’s landfills struggle to deal with increased garbage

Almost all landfills in Hà Nội are at bursting point – overloaded with garbage and causing a serious headache for local authorities.

HCM City invests in six major environmental sanitation projects The HCM City Urban Environment Company Limited (CITENCO) and HCM City Finance and Investment State-owned Company (HFIC) on Tuesday (Feb 23) signed a strategic co-operation agreement to implement projects related to urban environmental sanitation during the 2021-2025 period.

Untreated solid waste illegally buried and burned

On July 10, police caught workers of Shing Mark Vina Ltd Company carrying more than 3 tonnes of industrial solid waste to a burning kiln in the factory.

Crowd blocks way to Nam Sơn landfill for land clearance and compensation

A crowd of 15-20 people in two communes of Nam Sơn and Hồng Kì in Hà Nội’ Sóc Sơn District on Monday night made makeshift tents, blocking the way to the Nam Sơn Waste Treatment Complex or Nam Sơn dumping ground.

Achieving UNESCO recognition is hard but keeping it is even harder

Associate Professor Trần Tân Văn, director of the Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources, has been preparing dossiers for many of Việt Nam’s natural heritages to seek UNESCO recognition.

Lào Cai rejects investment projects causing environmental pollution The northern mountainous province of Lào Cai has recently rejected two investment projects that have high potential to cause negative impacts on the environment, especially in Bảo Thắng District’s Tằng Loỏng industrial park.