Last updated: Saturday, September 3, 2011
Company sends goons to beat up protesters
Nguyen Van Tuan was attacked by truck drivers on August 29 after he and others at Da Nang City’s Hoa Lien Commune blocked vehicles from entering a construction site. A survey by Nielsen found environmental concerns in Vietnam has shifted...
Last updated: Wednesday, June 22, 2011
A five-year study found that Vietnam spends up to 3 percent of its gross domestic product on mitigating the effects of environmental pollution
A woman skims rubbish out of a polluted river in Hanoi. A national environmental report has warned that increasing environmental pollution...
Last updated: Friday, March 18, 2011
A man fishes from an exposed mud flat on the Red River in Hanoi. Riparian communities have complained that the shrinking waterway has become increasingly shallow and polluted in recent years.
For thousands of years, poor subsistence-level communities have survived on the bounty of the...
Last updated: Wednesday, September 15, 2010
As dangerous exotic animals like red-eared turtles and red swamp crayfish have appeared in Vietnam, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Environment have joined hands to enforce animal regulations.
VnnNews – As dangerous exotic animals like red-eared turtles and red swamp crayfish have appeared in Vietnam, the Ministry of...
Last updated: Friday, July 16, 2010
Vedan Vietnam, which polluted Thi Vai River, agreed to pay HCM City farmers 7 billion dong ($360,000). Farmers decided to reject this offer and bring the case to court.
VnnNews – Vedan Vietnam, which polluted Thi Vai River, agreed to pay HCM City farmers 7 billion dong ($360,000). Farmers decided to reject this offer and bring the case...
Last updated: Saturday, April 24, 2010
VnnNews – A newly discovered environmental violation in Hai Duong province may make bigger headlines than previous pollution cases.
VnnNews – A newly discovered environmental violation in Hai Duong province may make bigger headlines than previous pollution cases.
Taiwanese manufacturer accepts responsibility...
Last updated: Friday, March 19, 2010
A number of National Assembly deputies yesterday, March 18, recommended a tender process for the exploration and exploitation of natural resources.
Trucks transport coal at a coal mine in Quang Ninh Province.“This is a necessary regulation to overcome the poor management mechanism for minerals exploitation,” he said.Minister of...
Last updated: Friday, March 19, 2010
“The people are uneasy when they see that mineral resources are being exploited to exhaustion,” said the vice chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Defence and Security.
A titanium processing plant in Binh Dinh province. Speaking at a meeting of the Assembly’s Standing Committee to consider...
Last updated: Monday, March 15, 2010
One hundred seventy-four past and present officials are implicated in an unfolding land scandal in Long An province, Tuoi Tre has reported. Government inspectors are preparing their report.
Along this canal are plots of land illegally allocated to Long An province and district officials.< /> In 2005 Long An authorities punished many...
Last updated: Saturday, March 6, 2010
All aspects of Vietnam’s natural resources will be commercialised to further enrich the country’s budget.
A mining site in Quy Hop district, Nghe An province.“Vietnam’s economic growth has greatly benefited the whole of society. But, it has also deteriorated the environment and degraded the natural resources. This has...
