dirty secrets spark alarms

Dirty secrets spark alarms

Recent discoveries of foreign firms’ environmental violations continue setting alarm bells ringing in the corridors of Vietnam’s law-makers.
waste treatment firm looking to clean up

Waste treatment firm looking to clean up

ReCycled Refused International Group, one of Britain’s leaders in energy and waste treatment, plans to pump huge investment into Vietnam under the public private partnership.
pollution offering some clean profits

Pollution offering some clean profits

Vietnam’s increasing environmental pollution is offering big windfalls to many companies.
vietnam is breathtaking dont take it away

Vietnam is breathtaking, don’t take it away!

US-backed Vietnam Waste Solutions (VWS) has devised to put one of Vietnam’s biggest solid waster treatment projects into operation by early next year.

Nuclear waste dodges French protests on way to Germany

A train carrying what activists claim is "the most radioactive ever" cargo of nuclear waste ran the gauntlet of hundreds of protesters Saturday as it crossed the Rhine from France to Germany.
binh duong has a dirty problem

Binh Duong has a dirty problem

Enterprises’ increasing environmental pollution is leaving southern Binh Duong province authorities in a bind.

Vietstar’s name is soiled

The anger of Cu Chi district’s Thai My commune residents, in the suburb of Ho Chi Minh City, exploded last week as environmental police detected Vietstar Company,
districts are set to ooze class

Districts are set to ooze class

Considered a bucket for Hanoi’s waste water, the Yen So lake area at Thinh Liet and Hoang Mai districts is to be transformed into one of the capital’s fanciest areas.

PM tough on corruption

The government is wasting no time in continuing the fight against corruption this year, with the prime minister urging his officials to tackle administration reform and waste issues, in a bid to maintain high and sustainable economic growth.
government officials told to take the bus

Government officials’ told to take the bus

Government agencies will be unable to purchase new cars from the middle of the year, in the first steps under the recently passed Anti-waste and Thrift Practice Law.Following decision 25, state agencies, ministries, departments and provinces face a moratorium on new car purchases from June 1 of this year.

Firm’s $36m recycling shot

Vietnam’s first wholly foreign-invested waste-to-fertiliser project has been earmarked to receive an investment licence, paving the way for overseas involvement in the country’s overburdened waste treatment system.