Environment and natural resources
Pollution and waste
2019 Vietwater exhibition opens in Hanoi
The 2019 Vietnam international water and environment exhibition (Vietwater) opened in Hanoi on July 24 with the participation of more than 200 exhibitors from 30 countries and territories. The exhibitors will showcase products and technology for desalination, sustainable water supply, industrial and urban water management, urban ...
Major cities grapple with garbage problem
Vietnam uses landfills but its cities are running out of space and people are unhappy with their pollution threat and, especially, odor. Urban areas around Vietnam, home to a third of its population, discard 38,000 tons of domestic waste every day, more than half of the country’s total.Keep ...
Seminar talks national action programme on plastics in Vietnam
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) held a meeting in Hanoi on July 17 to discuss the launch of a national action programme on plastics for Vietnam. The programme is based on the three pillars ...
Vietnam proposes establishing global network on ocean-sea data sharing
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc proposed an initiative to form a global network on sharing data on oceans and sea, towards a global framework on preventing marine plastic waste at a discussion on climate and environment within the framework of the G20 Summit in Osaka ...
Raising awareness of plastic pollution
In order to step by step mitigate plastic pollution, communication work should be regularly and constantly implemented to raise the community’s awareness of the adverse impacts of plastic waste, in addition to effectively observing the laws and policies concerned.Media agencies should continue to honestly, objectively ...
Communication training course on clean air protection
The Live and Learn centre and the German Development Cooperation Organisation (GIZ) jointly opened a training course in Hanoi on July 4 for reporters and communication officers to increase public awareness of clean air protection.The two-day course provides information about the cause and impacts of ...
Residents demand compensation over pollution
About 120 households, representing residents in Nam Sơn, Bắc Sơn and Hồng Kỳ communes of Sóc Sơn District, on Wednesday had a dialogue with concerned organisations about the pollution caused by the Nam Sơn dumping ground.Speaking at the dialogue, residents urged district and municipal authorities ...
9 companies launch Packaging Recycling Organisation Vietnam
Nine leading companies in the consumer goods and packaging industries joined hands to launch the coalition Packaging Recycling Organization Vietnam in HCM City on June 21. The nine include Coca-Cola, FrieslandCampina, La Vie, Nestlé, NutiFood, Suntory PepsiCo, Tetra Pak, TH Group, and URC.PRO Vietnam seeks to ...
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends plenum of 34th ASEAN Summit
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined other ASEAN leaders at the plenary session of the 34th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 22, discussing orientations and measures to build a sustainable ASEAN Community for the people.He emphasised that the ASEAN needs to give the ...
Vietnam aiming for nationwide eradication of single-use plastics by 2025: PM
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked for plans to phase out the use of plastic products in Vietnam with the goal of making the country free of single-use plastics by 2025. He made the statement while launching a national campaign on plastic waste prevention ...
