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Thursday, May 17,2012,15:03 (GMT+7)
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Environment firm fined VND550 mil.
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Wednesday, May 9,2012,21:22 (GMT+7) |
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HCMC – The Department of Environmental Crime Control (C49) under the Ministry of Public Security has fined Vietnam Australia Environment Company in HCMC VND550 million for violating environmental law. |
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Biodiversity Good For Humans
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Tuesday, April 17,2012,15:32 (GMT+7) |
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The Mekong Delta has abundant ecosystems, with interrelations for all plant and animal species. Humans will only be able to maintain a good life if they do not change the region’s ecosystems. |
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Hospital waste incineration causes concern
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Sunday, April 15,2012,12:13 (GMT+7) |
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HANOI – Experts have expressed concerns over the widespread incineration of hospital waste as around 42 tons of hazardous medical waste is discharged each day, 11.8% of the total volume discarded by the healthcare sector, said a health official. |
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Over half of hospitals yet to complete waste treatment systems
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Tuesday, April 10,2012,21:48 (GMT+7) |
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HANOI – Some 56% of the hospitals in Vietnam have yet to complete their medical waste treatment systems, said Nguyen Huy Nga, head of the Department of Health Environmental Management under the Ministry of Health. |
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Pollution threatens cultivation in city’s outskirts
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Tuesday, April 10,2012,21:46 (GMT+7) |
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HCMC – More than 9,000 hectares of agricultural production and aquaculture farming in the outlying districts of Binh Chanh, Cu Chi and Hoc Mon are being destroyed due to polluted water discharged into irrigation canals. |
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Ministry proposes halting environment tax on plastic bags
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Wednesday, April 4,2012,21:06 (GMT+7) |
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HCMC – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed the Ministry of Finance seek approval from the Government and National Assembly Standing Committee to halt the environmental protection tax on plastic bags to help struggling enterprises. |
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Vietnam saves half million kWh of power in Earth Hour
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Tuesday, April 3,2012,21:39 (GMT+7) |
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HCMC – Vietnam saved 546,000 kilowatt hours of electricity worth VND712 million when it joined the worldwide Earth Hour campaign on Saturday night, according to the National Load Dispatch Center (NLDC). |
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Electric vehicles for tourists put to use in Danang
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Saturday, March 31,2012,02:08 (GMT+7) |
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DANANG – Thinh Hung Tourism Trading Co. on Thursday launched a fleet of electric cars for transporting tourists, marking the first time this means of transport is used for the purpose in Danang City. |
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Supermarkets bid to eradicate plastic bags
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Tuesday, March 27,2012,21:50 (GMT+7) |
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HCMC – Several major HCMC-based supermarket chains such as Co.opmart, Big C and Lotte Mart will kick off programs to woo customers into using environmentally friendly bags and render plastic bags a thing of the past. |
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