The Japan Environment and Business Organisation (JEBO) has said it is willing to pay all costs to clean the heavily polluted To Lich River and West Lake in Hanoi following a remark by an environment official saying the firm's sewage treatment technology had failed.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment announced it had issued a set of environmental indicators to evaluate results of environmental protection nationwide.
A number of Vietnamese firms have attended the 8th World Water Technology and Environment Control Conference and Exhibition (WATEC Israel 2019) in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Japan has pledged to provide a non-refundable aid package worth 2.77 billion JPY (over 25 million USD) to help Cambodia develop a sewage system in Phnom Penh.
Although locals in the central city of Da Nang are now having water supply in a rotary fashion, they still face the risk of a relapse of water shortage as the salinity in input water for Cau Do waterwork – one of the major water plants of the city – has increased sharply.
The People’s Committee of central Da Nang city has decided to approve a project on building works to improve water environment in the east of Son Tra district at a total cost of over 1.4 trillion VND (60.8 million USD) between now and 2020.
The Binh Duong Water – Environment JSC (Biwase) and the Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) signed a comprehensive credit cooperation pact in the southern province of Binh Duong on August 20.
The Vietnam Water Supply Association (VWSA) and the German Water Partnership held a forum in Hanoi on August 1 discussing water drainage development policy and service prices.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) on July 24 confirmed that Formosa Ha Tinh had finally met national standards on sewage, three years after causing the country's biggest environmental crisis ever.
The 2019 Vietnam international water and environment exhibition (Vietwater) opened in Hanoi on July 24 with the participation of more than 200 exhibitors from 30 countries and territories.
The premier exhibition on water supply and wastewater treatment technologies (VIETWATER 2019) will take place in Hanoi from July 24 to 26 at the Hanoi International Exhibition Center (ICE).
The US wants to expand cooperation with the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in agriculture, towards facilitating exports from the hub in particular and other Mekong Delta localities to the US.
An international exhibition on water supply and sewerage (Vietwater 2019) is slated to be held at the International Exhibition Centre in Hanoi from June 24-26.
Given curiosity over water quality of To Lich River since the introduction of a Japanese nano-biotech since May 16, the Institute of Environmental Technology has collected a sample for analysis.
The Service public de l’assainissement francilien (SIAAP) of France will support Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien Hue, in a project to improve hydraulic system in Ngu Ha river and research on sludge treatment.
All health facilities in Hanoi are expected to have standard wastewater treatment systems by 2020 and five years later, all hazardous medical waste from the facilities should be collected and treated properly.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hailed the water pollution treatment idea suggested by Japanese environmental experts while receiving them in Hanoi on April 11.
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