Environment and natural resources
Ensuring energy and water security: a challenge for Vietnam
Vietnam needs to increase power generation capacity by building power plants, including thermopower, but such facilities could affect the quality of water resources.Keep reading ...
Kim Chi
Surplus ash and slag at thermal power plants remains untreated
Vietnam has 20 coal-fired thermopower plants which produce 15.7 million tons of ash, slag and gypsum a year. []However, the amount of treated ash to be put into use remains limited. Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Government to impose fine for damaging trees
Individuals or organisations who are found to cause damage to trees will be fined up to VNĐ30 million (US$1,300) from January 15, says a new Government decree.Keep reading ...
Vietnam News
Vietnamese province wants to clear 12,700 hectares of forest for project development
Authorities in Dak Lak Province, located in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, are planning to wipe out nearly 12,700 hectares of forest for the implementation of various projects deemed essential for local development.Keep reading ...
Tuoi Tre News Reporter
Death toll from air pollution four times higher than traffic accidents
Dr Le Viet Phu, a lecturer at Fulbright University, says the damages caused by air pollution to Vietnam in 2013 could be assessed up to $10 billion. The figure was calculated based on WTP approaching method.Keep reading ...
Thien Nhien
Vietnam seeks to boost environmentally friendly brick production
Province and city authorities have been told to stop investment in fired clay brick production and to prioritise investment in other environmentally friendly construction materials.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Rising seas could displace millions in Vietnam: UN
The United Nations is urging countries to act now to slash carbon pollution and curb global warming, especially vulnerable small coastal states like Vietnam.Keep reading ...
VnExpress Reporter
PM calls for increased Mekong co-operation
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called on six riparian countries of the Mekong River to increase co-operation in protecting, managing and using sustainably its resources.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Climate change is triggering a migrant crisis in Vietnam
Crop failures, saltwater intrusion and flooding are a few of the factors threatening a looming migrant crisis in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta, say researchers.Keep reading ...
Alex Chapman/Van Pham
Clean energy remains a distant dream in Vietnam
Investors who once rushed to invest in Vietnam’s fledging clean energy industry are now backing off due to unprofitability, further hindering the country’s dream of getting greener. The low price of electricity produced by wind and solar farms, as well as the lack of any ...
Tuoi Tre News Reporter
