Price of waste treatment services only meets 1/10 of treatment cost : Minister
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha acknowledged that the price of waste treatment services currently only meets 1/10 of the treatment cost.
Increasing generation of domestic solid waste: Head of environment institute
Associate Professor Luu The Anh, Director of the Institute of Natural Resources and Environment at the Hanoi National University, said that the amount of domestic solid waste generated is increasing and it is forecasted that by 2030 there will be nearly 92,000 tons per day.
HCMC makes efforts to build environmentally friendly city
Along with the achievements in socio-economic development, Ho Chi Minh City is facing many challenges in terms of environmental pollution from its economic growth and urbanization process. Accordingly, the southern metropolis has been making efforts to build environmentally friendly city as protecting the environment is essential to sustainable economic growth.
HCMC to change waste sorting method
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Natural Resources and Environment plans to change the way solid waste is classified at source to suit treatment technologies, its chief has said.
UNESCO launches environment project in Hanoi
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and development partners launched the project “For a World Without Waste” in Hanoi on October 17.
PM inspects environment at Formosa Ha Tinh steel company
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc inspected the wastewater treatment and manufacturing process at Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Company on July 20, nearly one year since his visit to check its environmental protection commitment following the marine environment incident in 2016.
HCM City seminar launches emission reduction project
A seminar was held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 13 to launch a 2018 Project to Support the Planning and Implementation of the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (SPI-NAMA).
PM inspects waste-to-energy technology model in Ha Nam
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 18 inspected a waste-to-energy (WTE) technology model – a made-in-Vietnam invention successfully applied in Dong Van 2 industrial park in the northern province on Ha Nam.
HCMC authority tightens control on environmental pollution
City district pilots recycling plant waste
In HCM City’s District 7, twigs, leaves and other parts shed by trees are no longer sent to solid waste treatment plants for burial but are instead recycled for compost.
Vietnam in urgent need of waste treatment investment
An average of over one million tons of solid waste and 100,000 cubic meters of urban wastewater are being discharged a day in Vietnam, excluding a huge volume released from hundreds of production establishments. However treatment infrastructures have been invested poorly.
60 percent households classify solid wastes in Tan Phu District
Over 150 out of 257 households classified the solid waste at their homes in Doc Lap Street, Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City.
Solutions Needed to Manage Industrial Pollution
