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Vietnam will not sacrifice environment for economic gains: Deputy PM

14:48 | 08/08/2017

Vietnam will not exchange environmental protection for economic development, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung told UN Environment Program chief Erik Solheim in Hanoi on Monday.

Tobacco kills 7 million people every year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO

08:26 | 31/05/2017

Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday (May 30th), also warning of the dire environmental impact of tobacco production, distribution and waste.

100,000 youngsters in central province join environmental campaign

16:22 | 30/05/2017

A summer youth volunteer campaign and a beach-cleaning activity were launched on Sunday in the central Thanh Hóa Province, to observe World Environment Day 2017 (June 5).

Monsanto accused of destruction of environment in Vietnam

10:39 | 20/04/2017

Biotech giant Monsanto “has engaged in practices which have negatively impacted the right to a healthy environment, the right to food, and the right to health’’, five international judges comprising the “Monsanto Tribunal’’ declared Tuesday.

Green Sunday" campaign attracts youth to clean the environment

15:14 | 17/04/2017

With a strong sense of responsibility for a green and clean capital city, young volunteers from the National Charity Club joined hands to remove waste from Hanoi’s To Lich River on April 16-4.

Formosa must comply with environmental requirements

14:31 | 05/04/2017

Formosa Ha Tinh Steel, a unit of Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics, has rectified 51 out of 53 violations since it has caused an environmental breakdown in Central Viet Nam a year ago, Government official released the information to the press on Monday.

USAID programme helps protect environment in Nam Dinh

13:39 | 03/03/2017

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Vietnam and the Red Cross Society in the northern province of Nam Dinh launched a tree planting campaign to protect the environment in Nam Dien commune, coastal Nghia Hung district on March 2nd.

MONRE: Sea environment to be examined regularly

10:45 | 07/02/2017

(VNF) - The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has asked four central provinces to provide regular reports on marine environment quality.

Environmental standards to be tightened in 2017

15:31 | 11/01/2017

Projects which fail to meet waste treatment requirements would be rejected, and completed projects would only be put into operation when their treatment of waste water treatment met environmental standards, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has stressed.

Hanoi: online updates for environmental information

16:22 | 10/01/2017

An online platform providing information regarding weather conditions and environment indexes, including air quality index, rainfall and flooding was put into use by the Hanoi People’s Committee yesterday, Jan 9.

CVN kicked off “Hand in hand for a green environment” program in Bac Giang province

05:59 | 27/11/2016

(VNF) - Canon Vietnam Company (CVN) on November 26th has cooperated with Bac Giang province Communist Youth Union to organize the “Hand in hand for a green environment” program at Tu Mai primary school, Yen Dung district.

Vietnam improves nine steps in Business Environment: WB

22:34 | 26/10/2016

(VNF) - Economies of the East Asia and Pacific region are steadily making progress to ease the process of doing business, finds the WB’s annual ease of doing business report.

Defence Minister pledges to maintain peaceful environment for development

15:26 | 06/10/2016

General Ngo Xuan Lich, Politburo member and Minister of National Defence, on October 5th met with voters in Duy Tien district of the northern province of Ha Ham, in which he asserteding that the Party and State viewpoint on maintaining peaceful environment for development.

Team established to inspect environmental protection in Nghi Son economic zone

15:35 | 26/09/2016

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has issued a decision on the establishment of a team to inspect environmental protection in projects and industrial zones belonging to the Nghi Son Economic Zone in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

New environmental and social framework approved by World Bank

14:48 | 19/09/2016

(VNF) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a new Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) that expands protections for people and the environment in Bank-financed investment projects.

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