General News

  • Phu An Thanh Joint Stock Co. late last week started building a wastewater treatment plant worth VND26 billion ($1.36 million) in Vietnam’s southern province of Long An. Located in Phu An Thanh Industrial Park (IP), the facility has a capacity of...
    Friday, 9th April, 2010
  • Ho Chi Minh City Waste Recycling Fund under the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment will hold a waste recycling festival 2010 in Le Van Tam Park on April 4. The fund will organize three contests of orators, fashion design and...
    Friday, 9th April, 2010
  • Vietnamese and foreign scientists have discovered a new lizard species in the central highlands province of Kon Tum, the fifth of its kind in Vietnam since 2004. The new species, which lives in tropical evergreen forests at heights of more than 1,...
    Friday, 9th April, 2010
  • The Global Environment Fund, through the World Bank, has granted $7 million to a project to help Vietnam manage Polyclobyphenyl (PCB), a persistent organic pollutant, state media reported April 1. The Vietnamese government and the Electricity of...
    Friday, 9th April, 2010
  • The Netherlands is willing to share its experience and expertise with Vietnam in adapting to climate change, Associate Prof-PhD F.P. Weerman from the Dutch University of Amsterdam said at a seminar in Can Tho city on Mar. 29-30. The Dutch Embassy...
    Friday, 9th April, 2010
  • The U.S.-Vietnam Climate Change Working Group yesterday began a three-day meeting in Hanoi to discuss measures to help Vietnam combat climate change. The group will map out an action plan and discuss the capability of Vietnam’s agriculture sector in...
    Friday, 9th April, 2010
  • The U.S. government will assist Vietnam’s Mekong Delta provinces, especially Kien Giang province in combating climate change and human trafficking, U.S. Consulate General Deputy Principal Officer Angela Dickey to Ho Chi Minh City said at a meeting...
    Friday, 9th April, 2010
  • Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will meet Chinese senior officials to discuss Mekong River and water resources, the VietnamNet newspaper reported Mar. 28, citing the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hanoi and Beijing officials will meet on the...
    Friday, 9th April, 2010
  • The 16th Summit of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN 16) will take place in Hanoi April 8-9 with a special focus on economic revival for sustainable development and climate change.  ASEAN leaders are scheduled to approve joint...
    Friday, 9th April, 2010
  • The U.S. government will assist Vietnam’s Mekong Delta provinces, especially Kien Giang province in combating climate change and human trafficking, U.S. Consulate General Deputy Principal Officer Angela Dickey to Ho Chi Minh City said at a meeting...
    Wednesday, 7th April, 2010