Province asks PM to stop hydropower projects

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 6 day(s) ago

Province asks PM to stop hydropower projects

Authorities in the southern province of Dong Nai have petitioned Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to halt two planned hydropower projects on the Dong Nai River because of their likely harmful impact.

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Bo Cap Vang – amazing city getaway

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SaigonTimes English 1 month(s) ago

Bo Cap Vang – amazing city getaway

As the hot season is getting out of control, we knew we had to get out of the claustrophobic city and decided to go for a picnic last weekend.

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Efforts fail to protect rivers

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VietNam News English 4 month(s) ago

Efforts fail to protect rivers

The Dong Nai River basin, which is essential to the health of the country's economy, is not being protected adequately, according to HCM City People's Committee Chairman Le Hoang Quan.

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Legislators call for independent assessment of controversial hydropower plants

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Nhân dân English 7 month(s) ago

Legislators call for independent assessment of controversial hydropower plants

Cat Tien National Park, a UNESCO-recognised biosphere reserve, is under threat from two power plant projects in the upper reaches of the Dong Nai River.

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Water pollution, acid rain affect millions in HCM City

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VietNam News English 10 month(s) ago 2 duplicate news

Water pollution, acid rain affect millions in HCM City

Pollution was spreading in the Dong Nai River Basin, the main source of water for 16 million people living in the area, including HCM City, said Associate Professor Phung Chi Sy from the Viet Nam Institute for Tropical Technology and Environmental Protection.

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Dong Nai suffers increasing industrial pollution

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VietnamNet English 10 month(s) ago 2 related news

Dong Nai suffers increasing industrial pollution

VietNamNet Bridge – Pollution was spreading in the Dong Nai River Basin, the main source of water for 16 million people living in the area, including HCM City, said Associate Professor Phung Chi Sy from the Viet Nam Institute for Tropical Technology and Environmental Protection.

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Dong Nai suffers increasing industrial pollution

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Báo Dân Trí English 10 month(s) ago 2 related news

Dong Nai suffers increasing industrial pollution

Pollution was spreading in the Dong Nai River Basin, the main source of water for 16 million people living in the area, including HCM City, said Associate Professor Phung Chi Sy from the Vietnam Institute for Tropical Technology and Environmental Protection.

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Dong Nai suffers increasing industrial pollution

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VietNam News English 10 month(s) ago 2 related news

Pollution was spreading in the Dong Nai River Basin, the main source of water for 16 million people living in the area, including HCM City, said Associate Professor Phung Chi Sy from the Viet Nam Institute for Tropical Technology and Environmental Protection.

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Dong Nai Province decides to relocate polluting enterprises

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SaiGon GP English 13 month(s) ago 9 related news

Dong Nai Province decides to relocate polluting enterprises

The People’s Committee of Dong Nai Province has decided to relocate 600 seriously polluting enterprises to industrial parks or to other locations within the province, in an attempt to reduce further pollution of factory waste from flowing into the Dong Nai River.

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Proposed power project to be assessed

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VietNam News English 16 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

An institute in HCM City will conduct new environmental impact assessments of two proposed power plants 6 and 6A that would reclaim 154ha of forested land in Cat Tien National Park in southern Dong Nai Province.

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Dong Nai River basin to lack clean water

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VietnamNet English 19 month(s) ago

Dong Nai River basin to lack clean water

The Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) has warned of clean water shortage for the region along the Dong Nai River basin as the current water source is under threat of pollution from industrial and household wastewater discharges.

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Scientists urge to prohibit some industries to protect Dong Nai River

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VietnamNet English 19 month(s) ago

Scientists urge to prohibit some industries to protect Dong Nai River

VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Environment under the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) has suggested to temporarily restrict the setting up of small production workshops in five industrial sectors, in order to protect the Dong Nai River.

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France helps Vietnam manage water resources

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VOV News English 20 month(s) ago

(VOV) - A seminar on a project to support the management of water resources in Vietnam was held in Hanoi on November 3 by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment in collaboration with the French Loire-Bretagne and Seine-Normandie water agencies.

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Investor insists on hydropower development in national park

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VietnamNet English 20 month(s) ago

Investor insists on hydropower development in national park

Duc Long Gia Lai Group has reaffirmed its intention to pursue the Dong Nai 6 and Dong Nai 6A hydropower projects in Cat Tien National Park despite grave concerns over their impact on the eco-system there.

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Director calls for prompt climate-change action .

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VietnamPlus English 21 month(s) ago 1 related news

Prompt measures should be taken to adapt to climate change at a time when it is increasingly affecting the city, a HCM City official has said.

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