The Finnish government will provide EUR8.19 million in official development assistance (ODA) for a clean water supply and environmental sanitation project in Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Kan.Of the sum, EUR6 million will be spent on wastewater...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has approved VND54 billion ($2.62 million) projects on building four waste disposal sites in a move to cope with the rising waste problem and ensure environmental hygiene for the city. The four projects, invested by...
A major industrial wastewater treatment plant in Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai has been caught red-handed discharging untreated wastewater into the Dong Nai River, seriously polluting the environment. The plant managed by Sonadezi Long...
A Sweden-funded project on raising capacity to deal with climate change in Vietnam’s Red River Delta Biosphere Reserve was launched in the northern province of Nam Dinh Aug 5. The project, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has been cautioned about its worsening environment pollution caused by solid and water waste as well as exhaust fumes, threatening local people’s health, environmentalists said. As many as 14 hospitals in the western...
Vietnam plans to discuss a draft law on natural disaster prevention and mitigation at the National Assembly’s last session of 2012, the Ha Noi Moi newspaper reported Aug 10. The information was released at a recent meeting between agencies in charge...
The Development Bank of Germany (KFW) has financed EUR1.2 million for the “Carbon reserve and preservation of biodiversity” project totaling EUR1.8 million in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam from now to 2014. This is part of a larger-scale...
Vietnam launched a global campaign on climate change 350.org in Ho Chi Minh City Aug 11, with an aim to improve the public awareness of climate change and environmental issues. With the campaign entitled “Moving planet” this year, many activities...
The Vietnam Children Support Fund (VCSF) in collaboration with Thanh Hoa Optical Hospital provided free eye check-ups for local children and eye operations for 29 poor child patients with eye diseases between July 28th and August 3rd. All...
At a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 3, participants were of the view that the government’s poverty elimination program in the countries two biggest cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, must also include the interests of migrant workers....
