Factories blamed for river stench
VietNamNet Bridge – Around 2,400 households along a stretch of the Serepok River in southern Dak Nong Province’s Tam Thang…
The smoky streets in Hanoi
VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoians’ habit of going to pavement food shops have been tormenting themselves. The coal stoves at the…
ASEM water management meeting closes in Can Tho
The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) workshop on water and river basin management wrapped up on March 22 in the Mekong Delta…
Regenerated forests plucked
VietNamNet Bridge – The Da River regenerated watershed has been seriously devastated. A paradox exists – that if not having…
Earth Hour campaign begins
The 2013 Earth Hour campaign You and I, Together We Act kicks off on March 23 at the August Revolution…
Asia-Pacific faces looming waste crisis
VietNamNet Bridge – Delegations from more than 20 Asia-Pacific countries came together in Ha Noi yesterday, March 19, to discuss…
Old cargo ships pose environmental issues for authorities
VietNamNet Bridge – Forty-one ageing cargo ships owned by Vietnamese enterprises are lying idle in ports and harbours around the…
Priority given to sustainable urban development in Asia
More than 200 domestic and foreign delegates are attending the fourth High-level Seminar on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (HLS ESC), which…
Vietnam works for water resource conservation
Conserving water resources offers more opportunities for cooperation than disputes, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has stated. He affirmed that…
Asia-Pacific aims to boost recycling
VietNamNet Bridge – Asia-Pacific countries have expressed their firm commitment to effectively promoting the Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (3R) scheme…