Without treatment wastewater from industrial and processing zones pollutes Ba Bo Canal in HCM City. The town started a five-year programme this past year to lessen pollution, but weak points still challenge the city's efforts. — VNA/VNS Photo Phuong Vy HCM CITY — Twelve months right into a five-year programme to lessen environment pollution in HCM City, hardly any improvement has been manufactured, the town leader has accepted.Speaking in a
Bui Cach Tuyen, Deputy Minister of Natural Assets and Atmosphere, spoken with Thoi bao kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Occasions) concerning the country's environment problems.What's the primary reason behind such high pollution originating from industrial parks, processing zones and traditional handicraft towns over the past few years? Has got the law on environment pollution, released in 2005, been introduced into full play?The implementation from the law has largely been failing in the 'abnormal'
Vietnam needs to have policies to drive foreign direct investment (FDI) in necessary fields and overcome negative outcomes, including backward technology, environmental pollution and transfer pricing, said Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh.
Representatives from Thailand , Laos , Cambodia , Myanmar and Vietnam and the ASEAN Secretariat gathered in Hanoi on Feb. 29 at the second Meeting of the Sub-regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution in the Mekong Sub-region.
Vietnam and Japanese officials gathered in Hanoi on Feb. 16 to discuss chemical contamination and challenges in the environment.
Vietnam is listed amongst the top ten countries with the worst air pollution in the world, according to the 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) released during this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Vietnam's coastal region of West Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf, adjacent to China and other Asian countries, suffers from transboundary environmental pollution and joint efforts are being urged to tackle this problem.
HCMC – The program to relocate pollution-causing production facilities to outer districts of HCMC is a long way from completion.
Yeast producer AB Mauri Vietnam Co Ltd of Dong Nai Province has been suspended once again for pollution problems.
HANOI – National Assembly’s deputies on Monday lamented the worsening pollution at economic zones nationwide, blaming the overheated development of such zones coupled with the loose management on the part of the Government.