Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Phuoc is implementing campaigns to fight dengue fever and zika virus-related diseases as the number of dengue cases is high. The work focuses on intensifying supervision in the community and raising public...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently approved a plan to invest in a core technology in order to produce vaccines while calling for social mobilization in the future. The statement was made in a recent meeting on producing vaccines...
Vietnam may see more Zika cases because community immunity to the mosquito-borne Zika virus is still low, particularly in central, southern and Central Highland provinces. Deputy Director of the health ministry’s Diseases Control Division Nguyen Duc...
The government of Vietnam has issued a decree regulating environmental protection fee charged for the release of wastewater which will take effect from January 1st, 2017, state media reported. According to Decree 154/2016/ND-CP, the fee to be...
As many as 80% of industrial parks (IPs) in Vietnam have violated regulations on environmental protection, state media reported, citing a domestic scholar. Associate Prof. Dinh Duc Truong from Hanoi University of Economics said that few of more than...
Despite repeated warnings and sanctions, the Lam Thao Fertilizers and Chemicals JSC is still discharging substandard waste water into the Red River, causing pollution and harming people’s lives along the river. Lam Thao, operational since June 1962...
The sea waters off Ninh Thuan province are in danger of becoming polluted as big volumes of domestic garbage from thousands of local people are discharged into the sea every day. Large landfills have arisen in the coastal areas of Ca Na, Phuoc Diem...
Vietnam’s government has issued Decree 155/2016/ND-CP stipulating fines in the environment sector with the highest up to VND2 billion ($88,495), the government said on its website. Under which, individuals and organizations which violate regulations...
Customs officials in Ho Chi Minh City discovered around 500 kilograms of ivory hidden in wooden blocks in two containers imported from Africa on November 24 night. This is the fifth shipment stopped by customs officials in Ho Chi Minh City since...
The Australian Embassy has announced that a new group of 53 Australia Awards scholars will leave Vietnam in early 2017 to undertake postgraduate studies in Australia. Among these scholarship recipients are 38 women and one disabled person. The...
