Quảng Trị residents block seafood smells

vietnamnews Update: September, 19/2017 – 15:50

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

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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.


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A pit belonging to Thai Nguyen Black Metallurgical JSC is located in a residential quarter.
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Son La Dam

Villagers from Chiang Yen village move their houses piece by piece to make way for the 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”

Ngoài tầm kiểm soát: Lộ ra các khoản đầu tư quá bất cẩn của Ngân hàng thế giới cho các công ty ở Đông Nam Á

English: Out of control: The World Bank’s reckless private sector investments in Southeast Asia exposed

Các dự án này bao gồm các đập thủy điện lớn ở Việt Nam và Campuchia, các nhà máy nhiệt điện than ô nhiễm, các dự án khai thác mỏ ở Philippin, Việt Nam và Myanma, và thâu tóm các vùng đất công nông nghiệp khổng lồ ở Campuchia và Lào.

Hàng chục các dự án gây thiệt hại và mạo hiểm cao ở Đông Nam Á đã nhận được các khoản tài trợ ẩn từ Nhóm Ngân hàng Thế giới, một cuộc điều tra đang được tiến hành bởi Tổ chức  Inclusive Development International (IDI) đã tiết lộ điều này. Tập đoàn Tài chính Quốc tế (IFC), một nhánh tư nhân của Ngân hàng Thế giới, đang bí mật chuyển tiền đến các dự án này thông qua các tổ chức tài chính trung gian có lợi nhuận, như các ngân hàng thương mại hay các quỹ đầu tư tư nhân.

Những công ty là khách hàng trong lĩnh vực tài chính của IFC đã tài trợ cho một số dự án có tính huỷ hoại lớn nhất trong  khu vực, trái ngược với các Tiêu chuẩn thực thi cũng như hướng dẫn về xã hội và môi trường của tổ chức này.

Các dự án này bao gồm các đập thủy điện lớn ở Việt Nam và Campuchia, các nhà máy nhiệt điện than ô nhiễm, các dự án khai thác mỏ ở Philippin, Việt Nam và Myanma, và thâu tóm các vùng đất công nông nghiệp khổng lồ ở Campuchia và Lào.
Tiếp tục đọc “Ngoài tầm kiểm soát: Lộ ra các khoản đầu tư quá bất cẩn của Ngân hàng thế giới cho các công ty ở Đông Nam Á”

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

By Tuoi Tre News

September 13, 2017, 12:32 GMT+7

​Hanoi to generate electricity from city’s biggest landfill
Garbage are dumped on a street in Hanoi.
Two Vietnamese firms and their South Korean partners have closed a deal on a project that will generate electricity from the largest landfill in Hanoi.The two parties will cooperate in designing, constructing, financing and operating a facility that will gather, process, and treat methane gas emitted from decomposing garbage to produce electricity, according to the agreement signed in Hanoi on Tuesday. Tiếp tục đọc “Hanoi to generate electricity from city’s biggest landfill”

Đà Nẵng fails to comply with PM order on Sơn Trà Reserve

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Update: September, 14/2017 – 09:00

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”

Dire need for waste treatment in Hà Nội

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Update: September, 13/2017 – 09:00

Untreated wastewater discharged from the Triều Khúc plastic craft village in the capital city into ponds, rivers and canals. About 1,350 craft villages in the city are discharging a total amount of 156,000cu.m of wastewater per day into the environment. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Nghĩa
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The chairman of the People’s Committee of Hà Nội, Nguyễn Đức Chung, has asked the Department of Construction to enhance supervision of waste collection units, warning that officials failing to do so would be suspended.

He was speaking at a session on waste collection, solid waste treatment, medical waste and lake management yesterday in Hà Nội, saying these problems had annoyed local residents for a long time. Tiếp tục đọc “Dire need for waste treatment in Hà Nội”

The Global Land Outlook

Read “Key messages” and “Executive
Summary” at the end of this page

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

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FULL REPORT

Land is an essential building block of civilization yet its contribution to our quality of life is perceived and valued in starkly different and often incompatible ways. Conflicts about land use are intensifying in many countries. The world has reached a point where we must reconcile these differences and rethink the way in which we use and manage the land.

The evidence presented in this first edition of the Global Land Outlook demonstrates that informed and responsible decision-making, along with simple changes in our everyday lives, can if widely adopted help to reverse the current worrying trends in the state of our land resources.

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Master plan to protect sea

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Update: September, 09/2017 – 09:00

Fisherwomen in the central province of Thanh Hóa unfurl their fishing nets in the early morning on Sầm Sơn Beach. — VNA/VNS Photo Trọng Đạt

The plan will map out sea-based socio-economic activities until 2035 in line with integrated management of sea and island resources and environment.

It focuses on marine environment and resources, the value of marine ecosystems and appropriate exploitation of the sea.

The plan is being built in accordance with the Việt Nam Law on Sea and the Law on Việt Nam’s Sea and Island Natural Resources and Environment. Tiếp tục đọc “Master plan to protect sea”

HCM City to fund sorting of rubbish

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Update: September, 08/2017 – 09:00

Pre-treatment garbage classification in HCM City. — Photo ecc-hcm.gov.vn
Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Every commune or ward in HCM City will be allocated VNĐ500 million (US$22,000) this year towards addressing a funding shortage for sorting waste before it is treated.

The municipal Department of Finance has said the allocation will be increased to VNĐ1 billion at the beginning of next year. Tiếp tục đọc “HCM City to fund sorting of rubbish”

Mining companies fail to perform environmental rehabilitation

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Update: September, 08/2017 – 09:00

White stone excavated from a mountain in Quỳ Hợp District, the central province of Nghệ An. The exploitation can lead to public disorder and environmental pollution. — VNA/VNS Photo Lê Bá Liễu
Viet Nam News NGHỆ AN — At the peak of the ‘mining fever’, Quỳ Hợp District in the central province Nghệ An had hundreds of sites operational. Now, due to high production costs and consumption difficulties, many mining companies have shut down—leaving behind tremendous environmental damage.

In Châu Quang, Châu Lộc, Châu Thành and Châu Hồng communes, the mountains were ravaged by mining activities. Tiếp tục đọc “Mining companies fail to perform environmental rehabilitation”

Đà Lạt City wins ASEAN Environmental Award

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Update: September, 08/2017 – 18:00

Hidden away: Đà Lạt City in Lâm Đồng Province won the ESC award. — Photo sggp.org.vn
Viet Nam News ĐÀ LẠT – The central highland city of Đà Lạt in Lâm Đồng Province will be Việt Nam’s representative to receive the fourth ASEAN Environmentally Sustainable City at the fifteenth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment.

Also, the city of Cần Thơ will be awarded the potential ESC certificate. Tiếp tục đọc “Đà Lạt City wins ASEAN Environmental Award”

Vietnam seeks solutions for “smart water use”

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VietNamNet Bridge – Environmental experts say HCMC needs to find solutions to smart water use, an important part of the plan to develop a smart city. 

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HCMC is now under pressure as demand for clean water is increasing while Sai Gon and Dong Nai rivers, the main sources of raw water for the city, are getting more polluted because of the increased number of industrial production workshops and animal farms.

The water supply plants, which have total clean water production capacity of 2.4 million cubic meters per day in HCMC, sometimes have to stop using raw water from Sai Gon and Dong Nai rivers because of the high salinity. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam seeks solutions for “smart water use””

Chàm Island saves threatened turtle

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Update: August, 31/2017 – 18:32

Turtle haven: Green turtle eggs are laid at nests on the beach of Chàm Island in Quảng Nam Province. It’s the first stage of the endangered turtle species conservation programme in the island. — VNS Photo Lê Xuân Ái

Viet Nam News QUẢNG NAM  — The Chàm island’s Marine Protected Area (MPA) management board started conservation of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) by hatching 450 eggs taken from Côn Đảo Island on August 30.

Lê Xuân Ái, a researcher, told the Việt Nam News yesterday that the first generation of the endangered turtle would be released to the sea in the next two weeks. Tiếp tục đọc “Chàm Island saves threatened turtle”