Around 100 delegates from 19 southern provinces gathered on June 23 in Vung Tau to review State management of resources and the environment from 2006-09. Organised by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), the conference heard that 75 per cent of lawsuits were related to land issues, but that progress had been made in administration.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment collaborated with the International Financial Corp (IFC) and the World Bank (WB) on June 1, 2009 to hold the 24th Vietnam Business Forum (VBF) at Sheraton Saigon Hotel. VBF is a dialogue channel between the Government and the business community in Vietnam and in the world and international donors to improve business environment in Vietnam.
Hoan Kiem Lake, an important symbol of Ha Noi, might be restored for the first time using a low-impact environmental German technology pending approval from the municipal People’s Committee.
The US$2.4 million project is among a dozen initiated as a result of a co-operation agreement signed on June 2006 between the Ministry of Science and Technology and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
The failure by enterprises to use appropriate wastewater-treatment technologies is the prime reason for the increasing environmental pollution, the HCM City Institute of Tropical Technologies and Environmental Protection says.
Over 30,000 bicyclists will soon take to the streets for the second annual Green Journey Throughout Vietnam to bring together communities and increase environmental awareness.
The Ca Mau Cape National Park in southernmost Ca Mau province is home to rather big flocks of rare animals and birds that are listed in Red Books of Vietnam and the world, the park’s top official has said.
According to the report of Nha Trang Oceanography Institute, the coastal Nha Trang Bay is home to more than 600 marine species, of which 50 species are high value.
Ba Ria - Vung Tau Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has sent a directive docment to management boards of tourist spots, cultre-information bureaus and tourist enterprises on organising activities responding to the Environment Week of the Culture, Sports and Tourism sector.
Every time they leave bus stops or speed up, buses emit inky-black smoke jets. Passers-by have to hastily swerve to avoid breathing the smoke.
Some photos of buses in Hanoi:
The Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations will distribute eco-friendly bags free of cost to 10,000 households in Hanoi through five major supermarkets, its Support Center for Climate Change announced June 18. The program aims to reduce the use of plastic bags, it said.