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(VietnamPlus)-The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment has ordered its offices in districts to crack down on illegal exploitation of soil for construction work.

(VietNamNet Bridge )- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the environment ministry to investigate the impact of two bauxite mines operated by Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group in the Central Highlands.

The site of the Nhan Co alumina processing plant, still under construction in Dak Nong Province Dak Nong Province’s environment is under threat from plans to mine bauxite, experts have warned.

Hanoi (VNA) – A seminar introducing mechano-chemical destruction (MCD) technology to destroy dioxins and other chemicals in soil was held in Hanoi on Oct. 2, attracting the participation of domestic and foreign scientists.

EU agriculture ministers have approved stricter controls on the use of pesticides, after two years of debate.

The safe disposal of old mobile phones, computer equipment and ships are among the topics being discussed at a United Nations meeting on waste management that kicked off today in Bali, Indonesia.

Thin plastic bags are used for everything in China and the Chinese use up to three billion of them a day--an environmentally costly habit picked up by shopkeepers and consumers in the late 1980s for convenience over traditional cloth bags.

As governments struggle with a sudden crisis in the price of food, a companion crisis in availability of water also threatens billions of people.

Victoria Phan Thiet Beach Resort&Spa are making an efforts to reduce the use of plastic bags and styrofoam containers by delivering all loose goods in rattan or fibre bags.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged local authorities and related agencies to ‘minimise’ the conversion of agricultural land, especially the wet rice areas for non-agricultural uses.