Environment » Water
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(18:18:01 PM 08/05/2015)
(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Scientists call sand the “skeleton” from which the Mekong River Delta was formed.
Tags: Vietnam, sand, Mekong River Delta, -
(10:12:49 AM 04/05/2015)
(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Severe, frequent droughts are seriously threatening water security, Truong Dinh Du, formerly with the Viet Nam Institute for Water Resources Development, tells Nong Thon Ngay Nay.
Tags: Drought, saline intrusion, water security, sea level, -
(16:54:55 PM 24/04/2015)
(Tinmoitruong.vn) - An attempt to misuse environmental protection fees collected from miners was uncovered by a Vietnam Minerals Coalition survey.
Tags: Lao Cai, environmental protection fees, clean water, -
(12:53:41 PM 14/04/2015)
(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Lung Vi Hamlet of Dong Phuong Commune in Chuong My District in Hanoi has been marked with a red sign on the “cancer village” map drawn by government agencies. However, no action has been taken, while more and more residents have died of cancer.
Tags: Vietnam, clean water, cancer village, -
(15:18:38 PM 04/03/2015)
(Tinmoitruong.vn) - For more than a week, the surface of Vam Co Dong River in the southern province of Tay Ninh has been blanketed with water hyacinths, due to pollution.
Tags: Tay Ninh river, polluted, water hyacinths, -
(11:19:21 AM 26/02/2015)
(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Scientists have rung the alarm bell over increasingly serious pollution of water sources, saying that pollution is becoming uncontrollable.
Tags: Vietnam, underground water, Red River, -
(21:32:30 PM 23/02/2015)
(Tinmoitruong.vn) - The Truong Giang River contains waste water from thousands of shrimp ponds in the coastal districts of Thang Binh and Nui Thanh in the central province of Quang Nam.
Tags: Vietnam, Truong Giang River, shrimp hatchery, -
(14:50:05 PM 21/02/2015)
(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Farmers in Dak To District's Tan Canh Commune claim they are forced to use polluted water pumped from the Poko River to water their coffee bushes.
Tags: :Farmers, cassava factories, environment pollution, -
(11:24:40 AM 17/02/2015)
(Tinmoitruong.vn) - The sea near Vietnam has been seriously damaged by waste from industrial and agricultural production, aquaculture, domestic rubbish, and oil pollution caused by shipbuilding and shipping.
Tags: Vietnam, sea turtle, environment, -
(15:49:45 PM 14/02/2015)
(Tinmoitruong.vn) - For at least 40 years, hundreds of households in Huong Khe District in the central province of Ha Tinh have had to survive using water resources contaminated with petroleum.
Tags: Ha Tinh, residents, smell of petrol, clean water, -
(15:44:40 PM 07/02/2015)
(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Scientists have warned that underground water in rural areas near industrial zones is becoming seriously polluted and depleted.
Tags: Vietnam, underground water, pollution,

Ash treatment required before thermal-power plant construction
(Tinmoitruong.vn) - The government has told investors not to build coal thermal power plants if they don’t have solutions to treat ash, thus causing pollution.

Decree requires waste importers to place deposits on scrap
(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Importers have to make a deposit for scrap materials imported from June 15, 2015 as per government decree No 38. This will place a heavy financial burden on enterprises.

HCM City to hike water tariffs by 50% over five years
(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Plans to increase water tariffs in HCM City by 10.5 per cent annually in 2015-19 are part of a water supply master plan submitted recently to the city People's Committee for approval by related departments.