ECONOMY-SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGY
                   
                            
                            
                              
                                
                                
                                
                            
                           
                   
                    
                              
                 
                         
                             Hospital waste flows into rivers
                            Hospital waste flows into rivers 
                            27/11/2009|07:04:00
(VietNamNet Bridge)-As much as 20,000cu.m of waste water from about 100 hospitals in HCM City is directly discharged into local public drainage systems or local rivers without being treated, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment. 
                            
                      
                   
                         
                             Improving Highland Forests
                            Improving Highland Forests
                            27/11/2009|06:58:00
The project titled Restoring and managing sustainable forests in Bac Giang, Quang Ninh and Lang Son provinces, co-sponsored by the German Government, is undergoing its final stage. Its objective for the end of 2009 is to establish 8,590ha of forests (planting new forest trees and taking care of existing forest trees on a total area of 7,090ha, and managing 1,500ha of community forests).
                            
                      
                   
                         
                             Recycling plant proposal full of promise
                            Recycling plant proposal full of promise
                            27/11/2009|06:57:00
A plan to build Ha Noi’s first recycling plant that could turn 2,000 tonnes of rubbish a day into compost and building materials has been submitted to the municipal People’s Committee.
                            
                      
                   
                         
                             Air pollution reaches alarming level
                            Air pollution reaches alarming level
                            22/11/2009|11:10:00
Air pollution in HCMC is at an alarming level as most air quality measurements recently taken at nine monitoring stations around the city show levels of dust, nitrogen dioxide, benzene and other substances exceed the acceptable standards by several times.
                            
                      
                   
                         
                             Dredging commences at Hoan Kiem Lake
                            Dredging commences at Hoan Kiem Lake 
                            22/11/2009|11:00:00
(VietNamNet Bridge)-The project to experimentally dredge Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake, using German technology, started on November 18.