Factories blamed for river stench

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

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.

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Untreated waste piles up at landfill

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Báo Dân Trí English 4 month(s) ago 1 related news

Untreated waste piles up at landfill

A landfill in Vinh Long Province has had to take on more solid waste than it was designed for, causing environmental concerns for the surrounding communities.

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Untreated garbage pile up at treatment plant

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Untreated garbage pile up at treatment plant

A dumping ground in Vinh Long Province has had to take on more than it's capacity, causing pollution for the surrounding communities.

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Capital eyes abattoir revamp to meet demand

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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago

Capital eyes abattoir revamp to meet demand

Ha Noi plans to build eight large-scale abattoirs to meet the demands of consumers by 2015, the municipal People's Committee said.

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New computing devices will allow touch, smell: IBM

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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago

Future computing devices will push further into the senses by developing capacities to mimic the ability to see, smell, touch, taste and hear, IBM has said in an annual forecast.

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Rubbish dumps blight residential areas

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Báo Dân Trí English 6 month(s) ago 1 related news

Rubbish dumps blight residential areas

Dozens of temporary garbage dumps have formed in residential areas of southern Dong Nai Province due to a shortage of landfill sites, causing serious pollution that affects local people's health.

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Rubbish dumps blight residential areas

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago 1 related news

Rubbish dumps blight residential areas

Dozens of temporary garbage dumps have formed in residential areas of southern Dong Nai Province due to a shortage of landfill sites, causing serious pollution that affects local people's health.

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State to clean up insecticide leaks

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VietNam News English 7 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

A programme to curb pollution from insecticide residues by targeting 100 hot spots throughout the nation will cost VND1.01 trillion (US$48.4 million).

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Water source for Hanoi gets “poisoned”

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Báo Dân Trí English 9 month(s) ago

Water source for Hanoi gets “poisoned”

A rubbish dump in Hoa Binh City, which was added onto the list of the most serious polluting contributors for five years, still exists. Every day, tens of cubic meters of waste water pour into the Da River, which is the water supply source for the capital city

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Canon EOS 7D v2 firmware tested: increases burst capacity, gives manual audio control

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Canon EOS 7D v2 firmware tested: increases burst capacity, gives manual audio control

You don't get to unbox anything or have that new-camera smell, so how much does the Canon 7D v2 firmware really transform the now three year-old model?

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HCM City threatened by stench from wastewater plant

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VietnamNet English 10 month(s) ago

HCM City threatened by stench from wastewater plant

VietNamNet Bridge – The Economy and Budget Committee of the People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday asked relevant departments to propose measures by latest July 25, to deal with the persistent foul smell emanating from the Binh Hung Wastewater Treatment Plant in Binh Chanh District.

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Wastewater plant poses health risk

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VietNam News English 11 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

Wastewater plant poses health risk

Thousands of households in HCM City have been facing health risks due to horrible smells emanating from the Binh Hung wastewater treatment plant - the one with the largest capacity of its kind in Viet Nam.

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High income earners also have to live in pollution

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VietnamNet English 11 month(s) ago

High income earners also have to live in pollution

VietNamNet Bridge – Spending billions of dong to buy villas at high grade residential quarters, but thousands of households at five residential quarters in districts 8 and Binh Chanh in HCM City still have to live in serious pollution.

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Multi-million dollar environment projects give fetid smell

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Báo Dân Trí English 12 month(s) ago

Multi-million dollar environment projects give fetid smell

Suffering from the terrible smell coming out from the newly set up manhole covers within the frame of the waste water treatment project-- capitalized at tens of millions of USD, hundreds of households in Lang Co town in Thua Thien Hue province have to seal the manholes with cement.

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Multi-million dollar environment projects give fetid smell

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VietnamNet English 12 month(s) ago

Multi-million dollar environment projects give fetid smell

VietNamNet Bridge – Suffering from the terrible smell coming out from the newly set up manhole covers within the frame of the waste water treatment project-- capitalized at tens of millions of dollars, hundreds of households in Lang Co town in Thua Thien – Hue province have to seal the manholes with cement.

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