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  Hanoi: Garbage workers warn against using compactors

  (10:22:42 AM 23/03/2014)

  Garbage operators have told Ha Noi authorities that the capital could disappear under a sea of garbage if they are forced to use garbage compactors to collect it.

  Tags: Garbage workers, waste collection companies, hooklift trucks, environmental pollution
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  Waste treatment plant turns into garbage dump

  (14:09:32 PM 06/12/2014)

  The large waste treatment plant in the southern province of An Giang, designed to treat garbage and make organic fertilizer, is now being used as a garbage dump.

  Tags: Waste treatment plant, turns into, garbage, dump
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  Farmer invents garbage treatment machine

  (19:49:23 PM 04/11/2014)

  A waste treatment machine invented by Ngo Thai Nguyen, a farmer in Thanh Hoa Province, can sort garbage and use the treated waste for farming.

  Tags: Farmer, invents, garbage, treatment, machine, environmental, pollution
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  Garbage scavengers at risk of infections, say experts

  (15:52:03 PM 12/06/2015)

  Every day, dozens of trucks carrying garbage arrive at Hiep Thinh waste dump in District 12 to dispose of waste collected from across HCM City and leave behind a mountain of rubbish.

  Tags: Hiep Thinh waste dump, waste collectors, solid waste, recycled,
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  Leaders of garbage-collection rings fight over turf in HCM City

  (16:04:34 PM 04/08/2014)

  The owners of garbage-collection rings behave like “barons”, who want to make a lot of money and wield power.

  Tags: garbage-collection rings, land fill, garbage collectors, HCM City, over turf
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  To run garbage recycling plants, Vietnam needs classified waste

  (09:02:33 AM 26/11/2013)

  Vietnam has spent big money to build large scale garbage treatment plants. However, the plants are lacking materials – the classified waste – to run.

  Tags: waste classification, waste recycling plants, vietnam
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  Hanoi “garbage village” survives as local gov’t has no power to stop it

  (11:08:21 AM 05/01/2015)

  The uncontrolled development of waste recycling, which has caused pollution, has turned Xa Cau Hamlet in Quang Phu Cau Commune in the suburb district of Ung Hoa into the largest “garbage village” in Hanoi.

  Tags: Vietnam, recycling, environment pollution, MONRE,
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  HCM City plans to incinerate garbage instead of dumping it

  (11:51:00 AM 25/05/2015)

  Instead of spending $20 to bury one ton of waste, HCM City will incinerate the waste, which also costs $20 per ton, but it will also be to generate power and save land.

  Tags: :Vietnam, incinerators, energy saving center,
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  Rubbish clogging up countryside, cities, islands

  (20:51:12 PM 17/07/2014)

  Household garbage that pollutes the environment has become a serious problem everywhere, from urban to rural areas, from remote provinces to islands.

  Tags: Household garbage, Con Quan rubbish dump,
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  Spring beauty in the recycled park

  (16:30:02 PM 11/02/2015)

  Hon Lao Island off the coast of Nha Trang City has grown attractive to local and foreign visitors as it is home to nearly 1,500 tricky monkeys. However, to make the island more special, employees of Long Phu Travel Company have built a park using garbage left behind by tourists.

  Tags: Nha Trang City, Hon Lao Island, sunflower garden,
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  The truth about waste incinerators

  (13:40:57 PM 17/08/2015)

  The functions of garbage incinerators is to treat waste to minimize pollution. However, in many places, they are actually causing pollution.

  Tags: Vietnam, Song Thao Town, incinerators, SO2, arsenic, concentration,
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  Rubbish dumps blight residential areas

  (20:34:59 PM 12/01/2013)

  Dozens of temporary garbage dumps have formed in residential areas of southern Dong Nai Province due to a shortage of landfill sites, causing serious pollution that affects local people's health.

  Tags: Rubbish , dumps, blight, residential , areas
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  Ly Son’s people have houses to live in, but don’t have places to drop litter

  (17:47:15 PM 09/04/2014)

  Vietnamese southerners have been flocking to Ly Son in Quang Ngai province to avoid the April heat, bringing along their garbage to the island.

  Tags: Ly Son, island, house, litter
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  HCM City firms pledge to cut energy consumption

  (11:20:16 AM 18/03/2015)

  Sixteen State-owned enterprises and agencies in HCMC last week signed agreements committing to cut energy consumption by renovating equipment and technologies, and making full use of garbage in the next three years to save dozens of millions of kWh.

  Tags: HCM City firms, cut energy consumption, Suoi Tien Theme Park
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  An “international dumping ground” in Khoai Village

  (16:16:45 PM 19/02/2015)

  Called the “rubbish metropolis”, the Minh Khai Village in Van Lam District of Hung Yen province receives several tons of garbage every day.

  Tags: Vietnam, Hung Yen province, recycling workshops,
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  Nam Son waste dump torments local residents

  (11:28:17 AM 22/04/2015)

  Heavy pollution from the Nam Son garbage dump has badly affected the lives of residents in Ha Noi's Soc Son District, officials say.

  Tags: Nam Son garbage dump, heavy pollution, water pollution, solid waste treatment,