Nearly 100 hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City are discharging 20,000 cu.m of untreated wastewater a day into public drainage systems, dirtying canals and rivers, said the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Currently, only one-...
The World Bank pledged to fund VND100 billion ($5.6 million) to build a wastewater treatment plant in Dong Hoi City in the central province of Quang Binh. Work on the plant with a daily capacity of 10,000 cu.m will start early next year and will be...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Finance to allocate VND65 billion ($3.5 million) from its state budget to help three localities to evacuate locals from floods, landslides-prone areas. Ha Giang province will...
The Greater Mekong office of TRAFFIC and the German CITES Management Authority co-held a four-day training course on preventing wildlife smuggling for 20 northern Vietnam’s environmental police in Hanoi between Nov. 23-26. The training will focus on...
An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale hit Vietnam’s northern province of Son La yesterday, Nov. 26, with aftershocks felt in Hanoi, state media reported Friday. The epicenter is located 38 km from Son La City and about 37 km...
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region requires VND2.31 trillion ($125 million) to upgrade dike system to cope with rising sea water resulting from climate change, the state media reported. The Southern Institute for Water Resources Planning said that the...
Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai Forest Ranger Department and national parks in the southern region co-held a seminar at Cat Tien National Park on Nov. 26 to seek ways to improve public awareness of elephant population protection. Local and...
Vietnam’s central province of Lam Dong will carry out a $3.4 million project to cut greenhouse emissions and deal with global climate change within the United Nations framework convention on the issue. The 20-month project is part of UN...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given the nod to the organization of the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad (ICO) in 2014. The PM assigned the Ministry of Education and Training to work with the Vietnam Chemistry Association and government...
The Japanese Government will help Hanoi University of Industry (HUI) develop human resources to meet Vietnam’s growing demands.An agreement regarding the three-year project was signed in Hanoi on Nov 24 by the Japan International Cooperation Agency...
