The Belgian government has donated EUR10 million to a project to build a drainage system and a wastewater treatment plant in Vietnam’s central province of Ninh Thuan. The province will contribute over EUR3 million in reciprocal capitals for the...
Authorities of Vietnam’s northern province of Quang Ninh have given a nod to VND1.9 trillion ($100.28 million) environment protection project in Ha Long city, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The five-year project, having...
Vietnam Natural Resources and Environment Corporation made its debut in Hanoi on July 7 and expects to become a group by 2015, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said July 8, citing Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) Pham Khoi...
Police forces in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh July 8 seized 1.2 tons of wildlife animals, including indotestudo elongate, heosemys annandalii and copperhead illegally transported from South to North for consumption. On the same day, the...
Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Duong has announced a list of 91 firms which have caused seriously environmental pollution since early this year, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said. These environmental polluters include a number of foreign –...
The healthcare facilities in provinces and cities in Vietnam discharge nearly 340 tons of solid medical waste per day, the Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reported July 9, citing the Vietnam Environment Administration. Of the total, more than 40 tons are...
Vietnamese and Cambodian officials discussed environmental laws and policies aimed at protecting the ecosystem in Phnom Penh on July 6, the Voice of Vietnam Radio said July 7The talks were held between Dang Vu Minh, Director of the Vietnam National...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a VND1.39 trillion ($72.79 million) project to improve the quality of hydro-meteorological forecasts from now up to 2012, the government said on its website July 1. Of the total, nearly VND634...
Prolonged droughts have affected over 100,000 hectares of rice fields, which would have produced 400,000 tons of unhusked rice worth VND2.5 trillion ($131.6 million), in the central region of Vietnam. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Finance to allocate nearly 3,000 tons of rice from the national reserve for famine relief to the central province of Quang Ngai. The PM assigned the provincial authorities to manage...
