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EVN: All hydropower dams are safe

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has confirmed that all hydropower dams under its management are absolutely in safe condition. The affirmation was made following concerns of safety of dams and reservoirs of hydropower plants after the recent crumbling of Laos’ Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam.Keep ...

VNA Reporter

Patients burdened with viral hepatitis

As per the Preventive Medicine Department’s statistic, Vietnam has up to 10 million infected patients with hepatitis B, and one million are living with hepatitis C; worse, the number of these patients is escalating.Keep reading ...

VOV Reporter

PM orders suspension of licenses for waste imports

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, at a regular Government meeting on July 25, announced that the Government will no longer issue new licenses for waste imports amid backlogs of imported scrap at ports, according to the Government news website.Keep reading ...

The Saigon Times Reporter

National parks focus on eco-tourism development

“Việt Nam’s nature reserves and national parks are aiming to boost eco-tourism to facilitate both conservation and economic growth, but their efforts have been hampered by a lack of planning, human resources and funds,” said Lê Văn Lanh of the National Association for Nature Reserves ...

VNS Reporter

Open burning of waste comes into the spotlight

Việt Nam has gradually improved its legal framework to control persistent organic pollutants but there remain challenges in tackling environmental problems, according to experts.Keep reading ...

VNS Reporter

Lao dam collapse hits Vietnamese firms

Two Vietnamese firms have been hit by the dam collapse in Laos, and 26 citizens are among thousands trapped in flooded Attapeu Province.Keep reading ...

Ky Duyen

Vietnam encourages cooperation in inspection work with Laos: PM

Vietnam has decided to provide 200,000 USD as relief aid for the Lao government to recover from a hydropower dam collapse, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told visiting Deputy Prime Minister and Inspector General of Laos Bunthoong Chitmany in Hanoi on Thursday.More detail ...

Vietnam on alert after Lao hydropower dam collapse

Vietnam is highly watchful for a hydropower dam collapse on July 23 in southern Laos, said Hoang Van Thang, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and deputy head of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.Keep reading ...

The Saigon Times Reporter

Forest quality declining despite coverage expansion: expert

Although the forest coverage has increased, the quality of Vietnam’s forests have been declining, Director of the Silviculture Research Institute Tran Lam Dong said at a discussion in Hanoi on July 24.Keep reading ...

VNA Reporter

HCM City petitions to restrict new licences to exploit groundwater

The HCM City People’s Committee has petitioned the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to restrict the granting of new licences to exploit groundwater.Keep reading ...

VNS Reporter

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