Work to remove the Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Co Ltd’s waste buried at a farm in Ky Trinh commune, Ky Anh town the central province of Ha Tinh began in the locality on July 14.
While the dumping of waste by the Formosa Ha Tinh Company in Ha Tinh's Ky Anh district still seems a hot topic, the company has been denounced for burying waste in Cam Xuyen district one year earlier.
Scientists and officials from relevant agencies scrutinized scenarios on the changes of water resources in the Hong (Red) –Thai Binh river basin and their impacts at a conference held in Hanoi on July
Measures to control saltwater intrusion and store freshwater in the Mekong Delta region were shared at a workshop held in Hau Giang province on July 13.
The foreign direct investment (FDI) sector, which has significantly contributed to the growth of the Vietnamese economy, has on the other hand posed negative impacts to the nation’s ecosystem.
The signing of a contract between the Formosa Ha Tinh Company and the Ky Anh environment company that allows the former to dump its waste at a farm of the latter’s director violates environment laws.
Vietnam and the World Bank signed an agreement on July 11 to provide Vietnam with 560 million USD in loans to implement climate change response projects in Mekong Delta localities.
Local authorities, enterprises and communities in northern Quang Ninh Province and Hai Phong City must strengthen cooperation to protect the environment in Ha Long Bay, a conference heard on July 10.
The “Fundamental Science and Society” workshop, which gathered hundreds of notable scientists from around the world, wrapped up in Quy Nhon City, the central province of Binh Dinh on July 8.
Domestic and international experts gathered at a workshop in the central province of Quang Nam on July 9 to seek sustainable measures to protect local coasts.