Environment and natural resources
City keen to treat 80% of household wastewater, building treatment plants
HCM City has been taking a number of measures to treat wastewater, including setting up several treatment plants.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Suffering downstream of polluting coal plants
The heavy toll taken by coal-fired power plants has prompted many pro-environmental international organisations to oppose banks in several nations that plan to provide loans for these plants in Vietnam, which mandatorily still considers coal a big power generator for the energy-thirsty country.Keep reading ...
Khoi Nguyen
Ministries work to improve environment protection in transportation
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and the Ministry of Transport (MOT) have agreed to work more closely together to protect the environment and cope with climate change in the field of transportation during the 2018-21 period. Under the agreement signed in Hà ...
Hai Ngoc - Chau Tuan
VN boasts nearly 12,000 marine species: study
Scientists have found nearly 12,000 Vietnamese marine creature species, including animals and plants, through studying the country’s marine biological resources, reported the Vietnam News Agency.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Report gives recommendations on water pollution control
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 ...
VNA Reporter
VN struggles to predict intensity of typhoons
Despite advancements in technology, weather forecasters around the world struggle to predict the intensity of emerging storms.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Finance Ministry proposes environmental tax hike
The Ministry of Finance has proposed raising environmental protection taxes on oil and petroleum products from the current 3,000 VND (13 US cents) to the ceiling level of 4,000 VND (17 cents) per litre beginning July 1, 2018.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Global powerhouses to back circular economy
Vietnam’s ambition to build a circular economy – aimed at combating pollution and achieving more sustainable development by reusing and recycling defunct products – has attracted the participation of several foreign firms. However, in order for this new economic model to grow, state support is ...
Thanh Tung
Waste treatment in cities improves
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 ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Hà Nội to end use of deadly stoves
Hà Nội plans to stop the use of beehive-shaped coal bricks by 2020 as part of measures to improve air quality and living conditions, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
