http://www.samarpanfoundation.org — May 2011
Do you remember the last time you bought a drink in a plastic bottle? Chances are that you threw away the bottle, without a second thought, when you were done. That’s what most of us do. Plastic is one of the most disposable materials in the modern world. It makes up much of the street side litter in urban and rural areas. It is rapidly filling up landfills as well as choking water bodies. Plastic bottles make up approximately 11% of the content of landfills, causing serious environmental consequences. Tiếp tục đọc “House Construction with Plastic Bottles by Samarpan Foundation”
Chuyên mục: Môi trường – Environment
How environmental pollution is ruining the Mekong Delta
Last update 16:59 | 23/09/2017
The Mekong Delta is a land carpeted in endless shades of greens, a magical water world that is being destroyed by climate change and environmental pollution, says the Vietnam Environment Administration.
Some 20 million people call the Mekong Delta home, and 60 million are dependent on the natural environment of river system for their livelihoods, says the Environment Administration. Tiếp tục đọc “How environmental pollution is ruining the Mekong Delta”
Three new caves to open to tourists at Vietnam’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang
The caves are part of an exploration tour to become available in 2018
By Tuoi Tre NewsSeptember 24, 2017, 11:25 GMT+7
| A photo taken inside Over Cave at the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province. Photo: Jungle Boss |
The tourism department of central Vietnam’s Quang Binh Province has just concluded a survey of a new tourist route across three natural caves in the province’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.
The caves – Dai A, Over and Pygmy – are part of the Vom cave system in the park’s ecological restoration zone. Tiếp tục đọc “Three new caves to open to tourists at Vietnam’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang”
Over 200 pine trees poisoned with herbicide in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
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| An officer points at the part of a pine tree where a hole was drilled to add herbicide. The incident has happened since late June in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
Groundwater use continues in HCM City
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| Workers at Thủ Đức Water Company check the operation system. In addition to clean water supplied by companies like this, people in many residential areas use groundwater for their daily activities due to a shortage of tap water. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngọc Hà |
Viet Nam News HCM CITY — With warnings about the ill effects of groundwater on users’ health and possible land subsidence due to overexploitation of water, 10 years ago HCM City authorities had adopted policies to reduce the use of groundwater.- Tiếp tục đọc “Groundwater use continues in HCM City”
Vietnamese media lauded for role in wildlife protection
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| Madelon Willemsen, head of TRAFFIC’s Việt Nam office delivers speech at World Rhino Day seminar organised by TRAFFIC and behaviour change communication company, Intelligentmedia, on Friday in Hà Nội. — VNS Photo Thanh Hải |
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese media was lauded for playing an important role in promoting the protection of threatened wildlife, heard a seminar held in Hà Nội on Friday to reveal how media houses can incorporate social responsibility into their work and contribute to combatting wildlife crime. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnamese media lauded for role in wildlife protection”
Half of industrial clusters in Hà Nội lack waste treatment plant
vietnamnews Update: September, 19/2017 – 15:14
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| Untreated waste water from the Triều Khúc Village, which specialises in recycling plastic in Thanh Trì District’s Tân Triều Commune, is discharged directly into the ponds and canals, polluting the water sources and emitting a foul smell. – VNA/VNS Photo Minh Nghĩa |
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — As many as 19 of the 43 industrial clusters in the capital city of Hà Nội do not have waste water treatment plants, an inspection by the municipal People’s Council has found. Tiếp tục đọc “Half of industrial clusters in Hà Nội lack waste treatment plant”
Quảng Trị residents block seafood smells
vietnamnews Update: September, 19/2017 – 15:50
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| Residents in central Quảng Trị Province’s Triệu An Commune use a steel net to block trucks carrying seafood to a seafood processing company. – Photo dantri.com.vn |
Viet Nam News QUẢNG TRỊ — Residents in central Quảng Trị Province’s Triệu An Commune have used steel net to block trucks carrying seafood to a local seafood processing company.
The action is a protest against pollution and horrible smells coming from the company’s premises, the online Dân trí newspaper reported. Tiếp tục đọc “Quảng Trị residents block seafood smells”
Vietnam Rubber Group stripped of Forest Stewardship Council certification for forest destruction, illegal land grabs and human rights abuses
globalwitness – Press release / Oct. 26, 2015
Rubber giant Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) has been expelled from the world’s leading forest certification body, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), following an investigation into illegal land and forest clearance in Cambodia. Responding to a complaint submitted by Global Witness last November, the FSC found that the state-owned company had illegally destroyed at least 50,000 hectares of forest for its rubber plantations in Cambodia alone, including wildlife sanctuaries and protected areas.
“The FSC investigation provides further evidence that VRG has destroyed some of South East Asia’s most important remaining forests, with indigenous communities forcibly displaced in the process, and is forcibly taking land from its rightful owners and destroying livelihoods – with untold and irreversible effects,” said Patrick Alley, a Founding Director of Global Witness. “The FSC has done the right thing by dropping them from its certification scheme. Now VRG needs to urgently take action to address the damage it has caused.” Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam Rubber Group stripped of Forest Stewardship Council certification for forest destruction, illegal land grabs and human rights abuses”
Thai Nguyen: uncontrolled mineral exploitation pushes locals to the wall
Dong Hy
VietNamNet Bridge – The massive mineral exploitation at four sites in Dong Hy district in Thai Nguyen province has led to serious consequences: the houses of 133 families have been affected by subsidence and cracking, and locals do not have water for daily life.
A pit belonging to Thai Nguyen Black Metallurgical JSC is located in a residential quarter.
Tiếp tục đọc “Thai Nguyen: uncontrolled mineral exploitation pushes locals to the wall”
Authority confirms serious deforestation in Điện Biên
Update: September, 17/2017 – 09:00
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| Part of the destroyed forest in Điện Biên District in the northern mountainous province of Điện Biên. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of this province confirms a serious case of deforestation has occurred in more than 6,500 sq.m of special forest in Pá Khoang Commune of the district. – Photo nhandan.vn |
ĐIỆN BIÊN — Authorities have confirmed a serious case of deforestation has occurred in this northern mountain province, resulting in the destruction of about 80 percent of the special forest areas in Pá Khoang Commune. Tiếp tục đọc “Authority confirms serious deforestation in Điện Biên”
Son La Dam
internationalrivers – The Son La Hydropower Project is the largest and most complex dam project ever built in Vietnam. The project will displace more than 91,000 ethnic minority people, requiring the largest resettlement in Vietnam’s history. Most of these people will be moved between 50 to 100 kilometers away from their current homes and without access to the Da River—a source of livelihood for most of them.
The affected people include ten different ethnic groups, of which the Thai people comprise the majority. These people live mainly by the river and practice wet rice cultivation. One of the major concerns is a shortage of arable land for resettling the tens of thousands of displaced people. Tiếp tục đọc “Son La Dam”
Khai thác Titan: Nguy cơ ô nhiễm phóng xạ đặc biệt nghiêm trọng
* phóng viên Lê Quỳnh tác giả loạt phóng sự này là người phỏng vấn các tác giả CVD trong loại bài về năng lượng tái tạo tại đây
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Những lứa dưa đèo đẹt. Ảnh: Lê Quỳnh
Các nhà khoa học cho rằng, nguy cơ ô nhiễm phóng xạ tại các khu vực khai thác titan là đặc biệt nghiêm trọng. Tiếp tục đọc “Khai thác Titan: Nguy cơ ô nhiễm phóng xạ đặc biệt nghiêm trọng”
Hanoi to generate electricity from city’s biggest landfill
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A methane gas treatment plant will produce electricity from the decomposing garbage
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| Garbage are dumped on a street in Hanoi. |
Đà Nẵng fails to comply with PM order on Sơn Trà Reserve
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| More than 1,300 red-shanked douc langurs (Pygathryx nemaeus), which are critically endangered and found only in east-central Laos and Việt Nam, live in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve. — Photo courtesy GreenViet |
Viet Nam News ĐÀ NẴNG — The administration of the central city of Đà Nẵng has failed to comply with the Prime Minister’s request for detailed plans to resolve the clash between the need to preserve the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve and the accelerated tourism development at the site, former and current officials say. Tiếp tục đọc “Đà Nẵng fails to comply with PM order on Sơn Trà Reserve”
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