LED lamps not yet popular in Vietnam
	Monday,  May 13,2013,20:13 (GMT+7) HCMC – Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps have an edge over conventional sources of lighting, but this technology has not become popular in Vietnam because of its prohibitively high cost, heard a workshop in HCMC.

Thi Vai River cleaned up
	Sunday,  May 5,2013,20:36 (GMT+7) HCMC – The water quality of the Thi Vai and Dinh rivers has improved drastically now that many industrial parks in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province have built wastewater treatment systems.

Vietnam-made CNG bus launched
	Tuesday,  April 23,2013,20:09 (GMT+7) HCMC – Saigon Transportation Mechanical Corporation (Samco) last week introduced a bus running on compressed natural gas (CNG) and other newly-manufactured buses.

ProPak boasts green packaging machines
	Thursday,  March 21,2013,21:12 (GMT+7) HCMC – Some 80% of the machines and equipment on display at ProPak Vietnam 2013, an international processing and packaging tradeshow that opened in HCMC on Wednesday, apply eco-friendly technology, said the organizer.

City to launch electric cars for visitors
	Wednesday,  March 20,2013,21:44 (GMT+7) HCMC – HCMC has allowed for the pilot launch of battery-powered cars on a number of routes that are qualified for the service in the central area to serve tourists.

New factories must meet environmental standards
	Sunday,  March 17,2013,20:03 (GMT+7) HCMC – Only production plants which have environmental impact assessments should be allowed to be located in HCMC industrial parks, says a proposal by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

ADB helps Vietnam enhance low-carbon agriculture
	Tuesday,  March 12,2013,19:58 (GMT+7) HANOI – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday signed with the State Bank of Vietnam two loan agreements totaling US$111.88 million to help Vietnam enhance low-carbon agriculture development and strengthen the Government’s capacity to better implement ADB-financed projects.

City to have environment protection fund
	Thursday,  March 7,2013,23:10 (GMT+7) HCMC – The HCMC Environment Protection Fund (HEPF) will be established with charter capital of VND150 billion to provide financial assistance for projects preserving the nature and repairing the environmental pollution in the city.

DBO format sought for city’s wastewater facility
	Monday,  March 4,2013,20:31 (GMT+7) HCMC – A wastewater treatment plant in the second phase of the HCMC environmental sanitation project would be developed under the design-build-operate (DBO) format if the World Bank (WB) agreed to finance its operations.

Japan firm to build US$100-million waste incinerator
	Sunday,  March 3,2013,21:39 (GMT+7) HCMC – Japan’s Hitachi Zosen is carrying out a feasibility study for a waste-to-power project in HCMC with a processing capacity of 1,000 tons per day and a total investment of around US$100 million.