Environmental protection models prove successful

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VietnamPlus English 2 week(s) ago

A conference to review how environmental protection models work in residential areas across the country took place in the central city of Hue on June 4, in response to World Environment Day which falls on June 5.

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Youth litter collectors dispel trashy image

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

Youth litter collectors dispel trashy image

Every Sunday afternoon, equipped with plastic bags and gloves, about 20 members travel around the lake to collect the rubbish, some of which they recycle during the following week.

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Vietnam seeks int’l support to clear bombs, mines

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Vietnam seeks int’l support to clear bombs, mines

Vietnam is seeking further international support in its continued attempt to overcome the consequences of post-war bombs and mines that still litter the country, officials said at a meeting of the State Steering Board in charge of implementing a national programme to deal with post-war ordnance from now until 2015.

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Vietnam needs more support to clear bombs, mines

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Báo Dân Trí English 3 week(s) ago 2 related news

Vietnam is seeking further international support in its continued attempt to overcome the consequences of post-war bombs and mines that still litter the country. This is among the many actions to be taken under a national programme to deal with post-war ordnance from now until 2015.

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VN needs more support to clear bombs, mines

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VietNam News English 3 week(s) ago 2 related news

Viet Nam is seeking further international support in its continued attempt to overcome the consequences of post-war bombs and mines that still litter the country. This is among the many actions to be taken under a national programme to deal with post-war ordnance from now until 2015.

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Hau Loc coast cries for help, people keep silent

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VietnamNet English 1 month(s) ago

Hau Loc coast cries for help, people keep silent

VietNamNet Bridge – Litter has caused the serious pollution to the coastal communes of Hau Loc district in Thanh Hoa province. The waste treatment project has been drawn up, but it has not been kicked off yet.

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Travelers leave, rubbish stays

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VietnamNet English 1 month(s) ago

Travelers leave, rubbish stays

VietNamNet Bridge – After the holidays, tourism sites have been flooded with rubbish left by travelers who ignore public sanitation rules.

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Littering fines as high as VND1 million to be enforced

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VietnamNet English 2 month(s) ago

Littering fines as high as VND1 million to be enforced

VietNamNet Bridge – People who leave litter on streets or in urban drainage systems may be fined between VND500,000 (USD23.8) and VND1 million (USD47.6), according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s draft decree.

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Littering fines as high as VND1 million to be enforced

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Littering fines as high as VND1 million to be enforced

People who leave litter on streets or in urban drainage systems may be fined between VND500,000 (USD23.8) and VND1 million (USD47.6), according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s draft decree.

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600 volunteers sweep city

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SaigonTimes English 4 month(s) ago

The program is organized by Vietravel in collaboration with HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, aiming at calling on public awareness of environmental protection and asking citizens not to leave litter in public places, tourist attractions and cultural and historical relics, to use biodegradable plastic bags and to keep the city clean - News and photo: Dao Loan

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Friends of Phu Quoc clean up their island

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

Some 2,000 students and residents of many communes across southern Kien Giang province's Phu Quoc Island joined the Clean-up Day campaign yesterday.

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From trash to treasure: Everest litter becomes art

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 7 month(s) ago

From trash to treasure: Everest litter becomes art

Fifteen Nepali artists were closeted for a month with a heap of 1.5 metric tons (1.7 tons) of trash picked up from Mount Everest. When they emerged, they had transformed the litter into art.

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HCMC launches no-litter campaign

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SaiGon GP English 7 month(s) ago

HCMC launches no-litter campaign

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Ho Chi Minh City on November 21 launched a ‘No-Litter’ campaign in a move to drive residents to stop indiscriminately throwing garbage along canals that is now choking the essential water systems.

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Plastics industry forms regional plan

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Báo Dân Trí English 8 month(s) ago 1 related news

Plastics industry forms regional plan

Countries in Asia are drawing up plans to make the plastics industry sustainable, with a focus on plastic recycling, officials from regional plastic associations said at the 22nd Asia Plastics Forum held on Tuesday in HCM City.

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Plastics industry forms regional plan

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VietNam News English 8 month(s) ago 1 related news

Plastics industry forms regional plan

Countries in Asia are drawing up plans to make the plastics industry sustainable, with a focus on plastic recycling, officials from regional plastic associations said at the 22nd Asia Plastics Forum held on Tuesday in HCM City.

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