Environment
70-90 percent of industrial waste to be controlled by 2025
Vietnam has set a target of having 70-90 percent of industrial waste controlled by 2025.
Environment
Environment
Environment
HCM City begins work on first hazardous waste treatment plant
Ho Chi Minh City started work on its first industrial and hazardous waste treatment and recycling plant in Binh Chanh district on December 20.
Environment
HCM City’s need for waste treatment increases rapidly
Ho Chi Minh City is under great pressure to handle an increasing amount of domestic waste as well as hazardous medical and industrial waste, according to the municipal Department of Planning and Investment.
Environment
Symposium discusses prospect of eco-industrial parks in Vietnam
A symposium held in northern Hai Phong city on September 19 looked into the global trend of eco-industrial parks (EIPs) and their prospects in Vietnam.
Environment
Binh Duong complex provides new waste treatment model
The Binh Duong waste treatment complex in the southern province of Binh Duong can serve as a model for other localities in handling household and industrial waste, environment experts said.
Environment
HCM City uses high-tech to treat hazardous waste
Ho Chi Minh City is now treating hazardous medical and industrial waste by high-tech methods at two plants, but by 2020 the city will need additional plant capacity as well as more private investment when public funding runs out.
Environment
HCM City’s environment department sets 2018 goals
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Natural Resources and Environment plans to improve waste and water management as well as land-use management this year.
Environment
Binh Thuan’s first waste treatment complex put into operation
The first phase of the first waste treatment and organic fertilizer production complex of the central province of Binh Thuan was completed and put into operation on December 16.
Business
HCM City supports Siam Cement in making green building materials
Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City support the Siam City Cement Vietnam in producing environmentally friendly construction materials, a municipal official told executives of the Thai-invested firm on July 3.
Environment
HCM City’s waste alarms lawmakers
HCM City has advanced to this month an extraordinary meeting to discuss waste treatment and environmental pollution after National Assembly deputies from the city expressed concern over the issues.
Business
First industrial waste power generation plant inaugurated
The first industrial waste power generation plant in Vietnam was inaugurated and officially put into operation at the Nam Son Waste Treatment Complex in the Hanoi outlying district of Soc Son, Hanoi, on April 24.
Environment
Binh Phuoc inaugurates industrial waste treatment plant
The first phase of a plant treating industrial and hazardous waste went into operation in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on December 28.
Business
Regulations on eco-industrial parks to be issued
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) will include basic regulations on eco-industrial parks (EIPs) in some draft decrees to be submitted to the Government for consideration later this year.
Environment
Vietnam’s first waste-to-power system launched in Hanoi
Vietnam’s first waste-to-energy system capable of generating 1,930kW of power by treating 75 tonnes of industrial waste per day was launched in Hanoi’s suburban district of Soc Son on September 16.
Society
Formosa contract on waste dumping violates environmental laws
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.
Business
Production of construction materials remains stable
The production and sale of construction materials from the beginning of this year are quite favourable with stable prices, the Construction Materials Department evaluated.
