Industrial wastewater fee to hike from July 11/05/2013, 09:24:19 PM (VietNamNet Bridge)-A new Decree drawn by the Ministry of Environment will take effect from July 1 in which industrial wastewater fee will hike by ten times, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Environment.

24 sewage treatment facilities planned for Nhue-Day river basin 09/05/2013, 11:40:59 AM (Nhandan)-Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a master plan for drainage and wastewater treatment development in residential areas and industrial zones in the Nhue-Day river basin through 2030, which provides for 24 new sewage treatment plants to be constructed.

Plan to sustain marine economy amid rising sea levels, pollution 09/05/2013, 09:09:14 AM (VietNamNet Bridge)-Viet Nam is urgently seeking ways of sustaining its marine economy as climate change warms and raises sea levels - and, together with massive pollution, continues to destroy the nation's 110,000 hectares of coral reefs.

Hospital, factory sewage flows into Hai Phong rivers 02/05/2013, 07:54:16 AM (VietNamNet Bridge)-Biggest rivers of Da Do, Gia and Re of northern port Hai Phong City, as the city's main water source, are getting seriously polluted.

Scientists urge to collect rainwater fee 11/04/2013, 10:46:42 AM (VietNamNet Bridge)-The Decree No. 25 on collecting waste water fee for the environment protection promulgated on March 29 stipulates that fee would not be collected from spilling-over rainwater. However, scientists have pointed out that the provision is unreasonable.

WB-funded project helps reduce pollution in rivers 02/04/2013, 09:59:05 PM (VNA)-A project to manage industrial pollution in the basins of Dong Nai, Nhue and Day rivers was launched in Hanoi on April 2.

Bai Tu Long bay dying amid local authorities’ indifference 30/03/2013, 11:29:21 AM (VietNamNet Bridge)-Bai Tu Long, a wonderful beautiful landscape in Ha Long Bay – a world natural heritage area, has been seriously polluted. Meanwhile, the local authorities still turn a deaf ear to the problem.

River pollution poses difficulties for HCM City’s safe water supply 26/03/2013, 11:33:34 AM (Tien Phong/dtinews)-The Dong Nai and Saigon rivers, the main supply of HCM City safe water, are facing more serious pollution.

Factories blamed for river stench 25/03/2013, 10:26:02 AM (VietNamNet Bridge)-Around 2,400 households along a stretch of the Serepok River in southern Dak Nong Province's Tam Thang Commune are suffering from a foul smell caused by waste water being dumped into the river by local factories.

The smelly streets in Hanoi 16/03/2013, 11:31:45 AM (VietNamNet Bridge)-The pavement markets, where Hanoians like going to on the way from work to home instead of traditional markets or supermarkets, have created the special streets with specific smells.

Holland helps build Binh Duong sewage treatment plant 04/03/2013, 12:01:40 PM (VNA)-The Facility for Infrastructure Development (ORIO) of the Netherlands will help the southern province of Binh Duong build a waste water treatment plant worth about 35 million EUR.

Ba Cheo canal area’s people start their lives again from scratch 25/02/2013, 10:48:49 AM (VietNamNet Bridge)-After receiving money from Sonadezi, which was compensation for the damages caused by its discharged waste water, the local people in Ba Cheo canal area have begun re-organizing their lives from scratch.

China admits pollution-linked 'cancer villages' 23/02/2013, 09:15:27 AM (AFP)-China's environment ministry has acknowledged the existence of "cancer villages", several years after widespread speculation first began that polluted areas were seeing a higher incidence of the disease.

Chinese environment official challenged to swim in polluted river 22/02/2013, 03:14:53 PM (Guardian)-Widespread outrage against China's environmental issues that began when Beijing's air pollution hit record levels last month has spread to encompass another major public health threat: water pollution.

Dong Nai River gets sick, HCM City gets pale 21/02/2013, 10:32:26 AM (VietNamNet Bridge)-The Dong Nai River has been playing a very important role in the development of the HCM City as the southern economic center. Therefore, when the river gets polluted, the economic center has suffered.