Waste treatment plants need funds 06/06/2012, 03:54:02 PM (VietNamNet Bridge)-Ha Noi needs up to VND18.7 trillion (US$896 million) to build nine waste water treatment plants and prevent the pollution of lakes in the inner city by 2015, the municipal People's Committee has said.

Medical waste plan proposed 30/05/2012, 02:24:37 PM (VNA)-The Health Ministry has devised a plan to collect all medical waste every day, with 70 percent of solid waste to be treated by 2015, according to a source from the Health Environment Management Department.

Danang dumping ground provides a living for the poor 29/05/2012, 08:54:06 PM (Dtinews)-Hundreds of people dig around Danang’s biggest dumping ground to find goods that can be resold.

Vietnam faces big challenges in treating electronic waste 22/05/2012, 10:25:34 PM (VietNamNet Bridge)-With a loosened legal framework, Vietnam still cannot tightly control the electronic waste imports. Therefore, scientists have warned that Vietnam is turning into a big electronic landfill.

Plastic bags should be managed, not banned 20/05/2012, 03:11:59 PM (Scidev)-Cities in a number of Asian countries, including China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan, are currently on the warpath against plastic shopping bags.

Bag cleaners suffer exposure to toxic dust 18/05/2012, 03:58:51 PM (VietNamNet Bridge)-At the heart of HCM City, in Ward 15 of District 8, Ma Lang Hill is home to dozens of people who earn money by cleaning used hessian bags.

$2.1 mil for medical waste treatment in Dong Thap 17/05/2012, 09:51:15 PM (VietNamNet Bridge)-The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap has received US$2.1 million in aid for a local hospital waste treatment project.

Dirty vegetables bring silent, gradual death 11/05/2012, 07:38:31 PM (VietNamNet Bridge)-“Dirty vegetables” is the word used to describe the vegetables with toxic chemical residues that harm people. The problem is that dirty vegetables and dirty food have been teeming on the market.

30% of domestic waste in Ha Noi goes untreated 03/05/2012, 08:34:54 PM (VietNamNet Bridge)-Only 70 per cent of Ha Noi's household waste is collected for treatment, leaving stagnation in most of the capital's rural areas.

Cat Ba to be polluted by 40 million cu.m of mud? 29/04/2012, 06:48:32 AM (VietNamNet Bridge)-Lach Huyen port project in the northern port city of Hai Phong is fiercely protested by experts, because the plan to discharge 40 million cubic meters of mud into the sea will harm the environment of Cat Ba, a future nominee for the UNESCO’s recognition of a world natural heritage.

German experts share experience in waste treatment 28/04/2012, 09:52:43 PM (VietNamNet Bridge)-Vietnamese and German experts gathered in Hanoi on April 26 to share experience in human resource training and waste treatment in Vietnam.

Over half of hospitals yet to complete waste treatment systems 17/04/2012, 08:38:52 AM (SGT)-Some 56% of the hospitals in Vietnam have yet to complete their medical waste treatment systems, said Nguyen Huy Nga, head of the Department of Health Environmental Management under the Ministry of Health.

France helps with medical waste treatment in VN 13/04/2012, 09:59:00 PM (VNA)-The French Embassy in Vietnam and the French Agency for International Business Development (UBIFRANCE) hosted a seminar in Hanoi on Apr. 12 to share technological know-how for medical waste treatment in Vietnam.

Vietnam used as dumping ground for toxic waste 09/04/2012, 07:13:14 PM (Dtinews)-The Government is currently attempting to create a legal system to deal with the problem of importing toxic waste from other countries.

Tien Giang improves hospital waste treatment capacity 04/04/2012, 04:23:26 PM (VNA)-The Ministry of Health has decided to invest 42 billion VND to solve the overload of sewerage facilities at four hospitals in the southern province of Tien Giang .