ECONOMY-SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGY
Long An's waters suffer from factory waste
27/01/2011|04:24:00
LONG AN — A tributary of Dong Nai River and other waterways sweep in waste from HCM City and nearby provinces and cause heavy pollution in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.
Vedan begins to pay compensation
27/01/2011|04:22:00
HCM CITY — As many as 100 of 197 local farmers in HCM City's Can Gio District received their first compensation payout from Vedan Viet Nam early this week for losses caused by the firm's polluting Thi Vai River.
ASEAN car manufacturers discuss bio-fuel production
27/01/2011|04:01:00
Auto manufacturers from member countries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations discussed the use of bio-fuels as an alternative to petrol in a bid to reduce environmental pollution at an industry forum in Ha Noi yesterday.
Plastic bags subject to tax at $2.3 per kg
25/01/2011|01:28:00
Plastic bags will be subject to an environmental protection tax rate of VND45,000 ($2.3) per kg, expected to come into effect from January 1, 2012 when the Law on Environmental Protection Tax becomes effective.
A workshop on community-based Climate Change adaptation on 10/12/2010 in Hanoi
19/01/2011|06:52:00
Under the project "Capacity building on Climate Change for civil society organizations", on 10/12/2010, the two networks VNGO&CC and CCWG co-organized successfully a workshop on community-based Climate Change adaptation in order to share effective models on CC adaptation, then strategies and plans will be formed in response to Climate Change.