HCM City’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment plans to use Global Positioning System to monitor the movements of waste tankers after finding that as much as 80 per cent of household sewage was being dumped into rivers and canals.
The 21st meeting of ASEAN senior officials on environment (ASOEN-21) will take place on August 2-7 in Ha Noi. Nearly 150 delegates from ASEAN member countries and its partners, namely China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, will participate in the annual event.
A programme aiming to reduce the use of plastic bags has been launched by the Ha Noi Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The plan will be deployed widely throughout the capital, which will include all 10 districts, 18 suburban districts and one town.
Ho Chi Minh City will spend 60 billion VND (3.15 million USD) to collect and treat hazardous waste accumulated at factories, according to the city People's Committee Vice Chairman Nguyen Trung Tin.
Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang will be developed into an international eco-tourism venue and regional financial center under a master plan to adjust construction of the island by 2030, approved by the Prime Minister.
The Ha Noi People’s Committee, in co-ordination with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, plans to invest about VND2 trillion (US$104 million) in waste-water treatment plants along the Nhue-Day river.
Two new tourist destinations have opened in the central province of Quang Nam. The 60-ha Tra Nhieu community eco-tourism village in Duy Xuyen District’s Duy Vinh Commune produces traditional crafts like Ban Thach sedge mats and coconut leaf weavings.
Keren Taub and Alex Keagel from Israel got the buzz they wanted from their adventure tour in Dalat. Using ropes they had climbed down cliffs and the wet rock face of a waterfall, before diving into the icy cold pool at the base.
Universities must take the lead in environmental protection, said an international workshop in the Mekong delta province of An Giang on July 23.
The hilly resort city of Dalat in Lam Dong Province will likely be selected as a low-carbon model town by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) community, said an official of Asia Pacific Energy Research Center.