ECONOMY-SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGY
Capital's air still worst in SE Asia
27/03/2012|09:59:00
Four years ago, experts declared that the air in urban Ha Noi was the most polluted in South East Asia. Since then an increasing number of cars and motorbikes has led to an assessment that they are creating 70 per cent of the dust, nitric oxides and sulphur compounds found in the city's air.
Old kilns pollute southern skies
27/03/2012|09:50:00
(VietNamNet Bridge)-Smoke discharges from thousands of brick-kilns in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have polluted the environment and impacted human health and agricultural productivity.
Wastewater treatment plant identified as polluter
15/03/2012|02:38:00
The centralised wastewater treatment plant of the Long Thanh Industrial Park in southern Dong Nai Province has been caught polluting a canal for four years, an environmental agency said.
VN in top 10 for worst air pollution
29/02/2012|04:45:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam 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.