A heavier hand to slap polluting FIEs
February 04, 2013 | 17:15
Many foreign invested enterprises have contributed to Vietnam’s economic growth—but some have also damaged the country’s land, water and air, as VIR’s Khoi Nguyen reports.
Ascendas sees room to move in Vietnam
August 07, 2012 | 09:18
Ascendas, Asia’s leading business space provider, and prominent Vietnamese state-owned enterprise Protrade Corporation have teamed up to create Ascendas-Protrade Singapore Tech Park (APSTP), a superior quality business address in Binh Duong province. Han Ann Foong, country head of Ascendas Services Vietnam, tells VIR’s Bich Ngoc about the advantages and opportunities the company is offering customers.
More big polluters are named and shamed
July 31, 2012 | 09:06
A large Chinese steel-making firm in northern Thai Binh province has smeared its prestige in Vietnam.
Parks leave rivers of shame
June 18, 2012 | 13:41
Vietnam’s industrial parks and major river basins will continue to be soiled by grave industrial environmental pollution.
French add weight to new development goals
May 22, 2012 | 15:25
The French government is saying oui to backing Vietnam’s socio-economic development.
Black mark against MeiSheng
May 21, 2012 | 12:26
A Taiwanese textile firm’s dying workshop has been shut down due to its soiling of southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
Foreign companies yet to find the green vibe
August 22, 2011 | 15:50
More foreign firms in Vietnam are turning up their noses at the nation’s environmental regulations.
Fines fail to leave polluters shaking in their boots
May 01, 2011 | 08:00
Despite the biggest-ever fine in Vietnam inflicted on a foreign environmental violator, it may not dishearten other polluters.
Industrial zones’ dirty secret
March 01, 2011 | 13:00
Industrial zones are continuing to discharge untreated waste-water into the environment.
Polluting trio named to spark quick action
February 21, 2011 | 08:00
An ultimatum has been given to three environmental polluters at southern Tan Phu Trung Industrial Park.
Dong Nai lights up its FDI figures
January 04, 2011 | 07:04
“This result shows an important motion in developing the province’s service-driven economic structure”
Dirty secrets spark alarms
December 13, 2010 | 14:18
Recent discoveries of foreign firms’ environmental violations continue setting alarm bells ringing in the corridors of Vietnam’s law-makers.
Binh Duong has a dirty problem
October 18, 2010 | 09:10
Enterprises’ increasing environmental pollution is leaving southern Binh Duong province authorities in a bind.
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