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Cleaning your plate may not help feed starving children today, but the time-worn advice of mothers everywhere may help reduce food waste from the farm to the fork, help the environment and make it easier to feed the world's growing population
Belgian Crown Prince Philippe, accompanied by executives from 200 businesses, arrived in Vietnam on March 11 for a visit that will last till March 16 to promote trade and economic linkages between the two countries.
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HCM City buries much of all its solid waste instead of classifying and processing it, thus affecting the environment, and officials are calling for seeking investment from more sources and greater use of technology.
A workshop to promote cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and Osaka city of Japan in managing solid waste took place in Ho Chi Minh City on Feb. 16.
The Prime Minister has approved the master plan on a treatment system for harmful medical solid waste by 2025.
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By 2015, Vietnam will produce 44 million tonnes of solid waste per year, which causes water, air and land pollution and threatens community health
By 2015, Vietnam will produce 44 million tonnes of solid waste per year, which causes water, air and land pollution and threatens community health.
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The environmental police in Ho Chi Minh City have discovered and seized a large amount of hazardous waste from the printing industry at a scrap depot in Binh Chanh District.
Party leaders attending a two-day national meeting on reviewing the inspection and supervision tasks of Party members and organisations called for strict punishments to be meted out against those indulging in corrupt and wasteful acts.
A 155 million USD hospital waste water treatment project was kicked off Dec. 12 by the Ministry of Health and financed by the World Bank in Hanoi.
The very first meeting from the ASEAN task pressure on mental health has been heldin Hanoi from May 23-25, with associates from regional and globalorganisations participating. Addressing the openingceremony, Deputy Minister of Public Health, Nguyen Thi Xuyen stated theevent offers nations an opportunity to share good practices in protectingmental health, adding to strengthening cooperation within the regionand fulfilling the aim of “Healthy people, healthy ASEAN”. Xuyen known as on nations to
Forty-two kids with harelips and cleft palates within the two CentralHighlands provinces of Dak Nong and Dak Lak have obtained free check-upsand procedures. The programme for poor children inremote and ethnic minority areas, worth about 500 million VND, wascarried out and based on the Center for Research and Aid forOperation Smile (OSCA) at Dak Nong province’s general hospital from May19-21. OSCA Director Bui Tu Anh stated this isthe very first time the center provides free check-ups and surgical