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Groups striving for plastic reduction
19-09-2019 12:47
Responding to the government’s call to reduce plastic waste, many enterprises in Vietnam have actively implemented innovative solutions contributing to protecting the environment and looking towards sustainable development. Thu Hao reports.
Doosan Vina exports 12 modules to Ruwais Refinery
12-09-2019 17:03
Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam – a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group – based at Dung Quat Economic Zone has just exported the 12 modules of the waste heat recovery equipment to Ruwais Refinery, helping the Abu Dhabi facility save on fuel and improve efficiency.
Local made equipment exported to UAE
10-09-2019 15:33
A shipment of the waste heat recovery equipment has been exported to United Arab Emirates (UAE) for installation at the Ruwais Refinery in Abu Dhabi, the Korean manufacturing Doosan Heavy Industries Viet Nam (Doosan Vina) said in a statement.
T&T to develop $160 million industrial waste treatment plant
06-09-2019 11:57
Once the industrial waste treatment plant invested by T&T Group comes into operation, it will treat 1,500 tonnes of industrial waste and harmful waste a day and generate 13MW of power.
Reducing packaging an impossible mission
04-09-2019 14:15
Reducing packaging waste is being considered “mission impossible” for companies in consumer goods and in the packaging industry across Vietnam. Kim Oanh reports.
Eight-month industrial production up 9.5 percent
02-09-2019 06:00
The industrial production index in the first eight months of 2019 saw good growth of 9.5 percent year on year, according to figures released by the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Healthcare sector going plastic-free
20-08-2019 16:35
In light of the Ministry of Health’s strong new policy on plastic waste reduction, hospitals and companies across Vietnam are taking concrete actions, but the path to fulfil the ambitious 2025 target of no single-use plastics will require fundamental changes.
Thousands of Indonesians hit the beach in mass trash pick-up
20-08-2019 09:33
Thousands of Indonesians combed trash-strewn beaches over the weekend in a nationwide bid to tackle the Southeast Asian nation's mammoth marine waste problem.
Tech advances discussed for city waste treatment complex
18-08-2019 10:00
Residents in close proximity to waste treatment facilities in Ho Chi Minh City have been allowed unprecedented access to the site in order to have their say on unpleasant odours that have been emanating from the complex for well over a year.
Vietnam’s healthcare sector acts to reduce plastic waste
16-08-2019 08:00
The Ministry of Health on August 15 held an online conference with 63 cities and provinces on taking measures to lower plastic waste in the healthcare sector.
Prudential and WWF Vietnam team to build zero plastic waste community
13-08-2019 10:10
An event held in Danang city last week attracted more than 800 volunteers to clean Kim Lien Beach in the city in relentless efforts towards shaping a zero plastic waste community.
Plastic waste reduction strictly urged at Vietnamese hospitals
12-08-2019 09:10
Domestic and foreign-invested hospitals in Vietnam will have to take stern action to reduce plastic waste in line with the Ministry of Health's latest-issued Document No.08/CT-BYT.
End of the road for bathroom miniatures as IHG goes bulk-size
05-08-2019 17:42
Building on its efforts to reduce plastic waste as part of a broader sustainability agenda, this pledge makes IHG the first global hotel company to commit all brands to removing bathroom miniatures in favour of bulk-size amenities. IHG takes this industry-leading step to remove 200 million miniatures from estate each year.
Hanoi says no to plastic bags, disposable plastic products
03-08-2019 10:43
Enterprises in Hanoi have implemented many concrete and practical action programmes to prevent the use of plastic bags and disposable plastic products in response to the city’s joint efforts to fight plastic waste in industrial production and consumer distribution.
Indonesia returns containers of waste to France, Hong Kong
31-07-2019 09:12
Indonesia has returned seven shipping containers of illegally imported waste to France and Hong Kong, an official said Tuesday (Jul 30), marking the latest move by a Southeast Asian nation to send back rubbish to their wealthy places of origin.
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