Pollution and waste

Water found in some 71 per cent of Hà Nội’s wells is contaminated with higher than permitted levels of phosphate. This was revealed in a research conducted by the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment.Keep reading   ...

Construction investors are often totally indifferent to the storm of dust, construction waste and general filth their projects unleash on the general public. The Ministry of Construction has taken an action as drastic as the neglect of these investors and their greedy firms. Thanks to Circular ...

HCM City has been taking a number of measures to treat wastewater, including setting up several treatment plants.Keep reading ...

A report on water pollution in Vietnam was announced in Hanoi on March 2, providing an array of policy recommendations, including the building of a law on water pollution control. The report was jointly implemented by the Coalition for Clean Water and the Centre for Environment ...

Some 85 percent of urban waste was gathered and treated last year, up 0.5 percent from 2016, according to the Ministry of Construction.Keep reading ...

Coal power pollution could increase CO2 emissions in Vietnam by 20 times and doom global efforts to curb warming.Keep reading   ...

Water experts in Việt Nam have suggested re-using waste water to help protect vital resources. As untreated waste water is discharged directly into the environment, both surface water and underground water resources face high risk of either running out or becoming too polluted to drink.Keep ...

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project that would build a national database of waste resources, helping authorised agencies better control the discharge of waste nationwide.Keep reading  ...

The treatment of solid waste in two of the most important cities in Vietnam currently faces a scarcity of land needed for waste dumping and slowness in constructing treatment plants that employ modern technologies.Keep reading ...

Scientists from the Institute of Environmental Management Science have carried out research evaluating the dual environmental benefits brought by climate change adaptation solutions.Keep reading ...