The Vietnamese Government has approved a VND1.2 trillion ($65 million) project to upgrade Xang Xa No canal in Mekong Delta region to cope with the negative impacts of climate change. Xang Xa No canal plays an important role in agricultural...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung who will arrive in Copenhagen this month to attend an UN conference on climate change affirmed Vietnam will strive to contribute to the conference’s success. The Vietnamese leader made the statement while receiving...
Vedan Vietnam, a Taiwanese-invested monosodium glutamate maker, has so far paid VND111 billion ($6 million) out of the VND127 billion environment protection fee required, said the Dong Nai provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment....
U.K. Oxfam and the Vietnam Forum of Environment Journalist (VFEJ) co-held a three-day conference on climate change in the northern province of Ninh Binh by Dec. 3, the VFEJ said on its website. The seminar, entitled Mitigation of Climate Change...
The Joint Advocacy Network Initiative (JANI) held a conference in Hanoi on Dec. 1 to review its communication campaign to raise Vietnamese people’s awareness of mitigating impacts of natural disasters, state media reported Dec. 2. The campaign was...
Natural disasters left 481 dead or missing in Vietnam and caused total losses of VND23.2 trillion ($1.25 billion) in the first eleven months of the year, state media reported Dec. 3, citing statistics from the General Statistics Office. The...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung joined an international video conference on Dec. 2 to discuss initiatives for the UN summit on climate change in Copenhagen slated to be held this month. United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon, Danish...
Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Environment and Natural Resources has completed assessing pollution of the Thi Vai River, including Vedan Vietnam’s wastewater discharge into the river. The river has received nearly 94,000 cubic meters of wastewater a...
Up to 70% out of one million cubic meter of wastewater discharged daily by 126 industrial parks in Vietnam are not treated, said a senior official from the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA). Le Ke Son vice head of the Ministry of Natural...
Erosion has eaten away an average 50 meters of central coast along the city of Danang this year alone, destroying houses and forcing many residents to flee their seaside homes. Huynh Van Thang, deputy head of Danang Flood and Storm Prevention Board...
