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 Reducing impacts of climate change for sustainable development (19/03/2010)
The economics of low-carbon development and its potential to mitigate climate change in Vietnam were under discussion at a consultation workshop in Hanoi on March 17. Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change, as it is home to 563 million people, with an annual population growth of around 2 percent, compared with the global average of 1.4, said the Asian Development Bank in its 2009 report on the economic impact of climate change on Southeast Asia...
 Vietnam, EU Cooperate on Environmental Sustainability (19/03/2010)
The preservation of biodiversity in the ASEAN region has drawn particular attention from specialists, scientists, as well as regional and world leaders. As an ASEAN member, with a focus on sustainable development alongside a national industrialization and modernization process, Vietnam is now emphasizing environmental and biodiversity preservation to address climate change and pollution, both of which have a significant impact on the country...
 Capital city takes on illegal sand exploitation(19/03/2010)
Illegal sand dredgers will have their transport vehicles seized by the capitals waterways police if they are caught committing illegal acts. This is one of the measures that will be used by the citys waterways police during their one-month campaign to prevent and deal with illegal sand exploitation...
 Giving priority loans to wastewater treatment projects(19/03/2010)
Dong Nai Environment Protection Fund on March 17 held a meeting to report its operation results in the past time. According to the report, the Fund now has a total capital of approximately VND30 billion. In 2008-2009, the Fund provided loans worth more than VND10 billion to eight projects in the province. In the coming time, the Fund will spend around VND26 billion to offer loans for small and medium enterprises to build wastewater treatment systems with an interest rate of 4.5 percent/year...
 Vedan denies news reports on settlement(19/03/2010)
A Vedan Vietnam Company Limited representative on Wednesday denied media reports that it had finalized an environment pollution ratio, concerning the Thi Vai River, with the Institute of Environment and Resources. Many local newspapers prematurely reported on Wednesday that the two parties had agreed Vedan had contributed to 77% of pollution in the river...
 Antiquated recycling harms Citys environment, health (18/03/2010)
HCM City scientists and environmentalists are raising the alarm about the obsolete methods being used by many recycling businesses that are harmful to the environment and peoples health. Scattered around the city are shops to whom scavengers sell scrap like paper, metal, plastic, and rubber they buy or collect from garbage dumps. Many of these shops, who have the licence to buy the waste, then carry out recycling activities that are banned in residential areas...
 Vedan compensation level to be announced (18/03/2010)
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is set to make a decision in conjunction with concerned agencies and Vedan on how much compensation the Taiwanese monosodium glutamate producer will have to pay for polluting the Thi Vai River and affecting people living along it...
 City funds Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe wastewater treatment plant(18/03/2010)
The HCMC government has approved a 975,000 euro fund to build the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe wastewater treatment plant. The French Government will provide 682,000 euro in Official Development Assistance (ODA) as part of this sum.The facility will improve sanitation in the severely polluted Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe canal. The project is expected to take 19 months to complete...
 Wildfires ravage forests in central Vietnam (18/03/2010)
The central highlands province of Kon Tum on Tuesday reported hundreds of hectares of its forests had perished in a fire that broke out on Tuesday morning and was yet to be extinguished. The damaged forest area, cultivated by the local Innovgreen Company in Sa Thay District, comprised mostly of two to three year old eucatyptus and pine trees, local authorities said...
 Vietnam to levy environment tax on five groups of products(18/03/2010)
The Government has plans to impose environment taxes on enterprises or individuals who use, produce or import five groups of products classified as hazardous to the environment. Under the draft law on environment tax, the nation will impose the tax on petrol and oil, coal, freezing substances containing hydro-chlorofluorocarbon (HCFC), plastic bags and substances for plant protection, according the government website www.chinhphu.vn. The new taxes are expected at between VND1,000 and VND4,000 on each liter of petrol and between VND500 and VND2,000 on each liter of diesel oil. The rates for coal will be between VND6,000 and VND30,000 on each ton while plastic bags and plant protection substances will be subject to between VND20,000 and VND30,000 and between VND1,000 and VND5,000 on each kilo respectively.
 
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