(Tinmoitruong.vn) - On Nov 12, in Soc Trang Province, ActionAid Vietnam (AAV) has collaborated with Microsoft Corporation Vietnam to deploy the project using Microsoft Data Gathering (MDG) tools on mobile phone. This new technology will automatically digitize, analyze and share information promptly and accurately to help people and local authorities in the Mekong River Delta provinces in better respond to natural disasters.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Quoc Viet is partnering with WWF and IDH to work on supporting its farm to reduce its social and environmental impacts becoming the first corporate in Asia to announce Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification following assessment against the ASC Shrimp Standard.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Though many state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are unprofitable, investors still see them as attractive, thanks to their advantages in business fields and large land funds.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Holcim Vietnam, a Swiss cement manufacturer, will treat 7,000 liters of oil containing PCBs taken from the Cai Lan Port in Ha Long City to the company’s plant in Kien Giang province. The 34 barrels were taken to the southern province on two trucks on October 7. Two import containers of transformers and machine parts that had been affected by PCBs remained at Cai Lan Port.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - The Ministry of Finance on August 6, 2014 issued Circular 103/TT-BTC (Circular 103) replacing Circular 60/2010/TT-BTC to provide guidance on tax obligations applied to foreign organizations and individuals to do business or originate income in Viet Nam.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - According to Dr. Do Huu Hao, Chairman of Vietnam Environment Industry Association in a national workshop on environmental industry products, Vietnam environment industry is very young and is in the early stage of development.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - The ban followed a request last month by Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai who is concerned about environmental pollution of the surroundings, including water supplies and good farm land.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - The Cuu Long Investment Joint Stock Company has been instructed to deal with 6,900 litres polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) transformer oil it has stored in a warehouse at Cai Lan Port since late 2007.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - The Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (HEPZA) and the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) on July 25 announced the establishment of the Vietnam-Japan Supporting Industry Forum (VIETPANSIF).

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - The General Department of Viet Nam Customs has instructed customs departments in Ha Noi and HCM City to strengthen the supervision of goods that are eligible for value added tax refunds at the cities' international airports to avoid losses to the State budget.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Free water tanks will be set up in both domestic and international terminals at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi before a public tap system is installed.