International fittings business accelerates commitments to carbon neutrality
15:57 | 09/04/2021 Environment
(VEN) - LIXIL Group Corporation (“LIXIL Group”, TSE Code: 5938), maker of pioneering water and housing products, announced that its fittings plants in Danang (Vietnam), Jiangmen (China) and Monterrey (Mexico) are now carbon neutral. The move means that all eight plants in LIXIL International’s fittings production portfolio are now carbon neutral, after plants in Hemer, Lahr, Porta Westfalica (all Germany), Albergaria (Portugal) and Klaeng (Thailand) achieved carbon neutral production in April 2020.
Vietnam on target to handle all facilities causing serious pollution
13:00 | 26/03/2021 Environment
(VEN) - Vietnam has made major strides this past year in environmental protection as a pillar of sustainable development through legislation and a dramatic shift from awareness to action.
Vietnam’s cup of tea: Public-private partnerships
06:00 | 24/03/2021 Environment
(VEN) - Promoting public-private partnership (PPP) to reach sustainable development and protect the environment will help Vietnam’s tea industry improve product quality, market position and participation in the global value chain.
Swedish Green Residence – Power forward for a more sustainable Vietnam
13:19 | 16/03/2021 Environment
In commemoration of the international Solar Appreciation Day and in an effort to promote energy efficiency and sustainability, a solar panel system is formally inaugurated today at the Swedish Residence in Tay Ho, Hanoi.
Vietnam to enforce extended producer environmental responsibility
13:00 | 15/03/2021 Environment
(VEN) - Vietnam is cooperating with the European Union on designing and implementing circular economy pilot projects to enforce extended producer responsibility (EPR) under the Environmental Protection Law (EPL).
Greening Vietnam: One billion trees to be planted by 2025
08:00 | 10/03/2021 Environment
(VEN) - Under a program for planting at least one billion trees in 2021-2025, 690 million trees will be planted around urban and rural areas and 310 other million trees will be cultivated in protected, special, and production forests. The target for this year is 182 million trees, with 204.5 million to be planted each year in the 2022-2025 period.
Environmental protection: Pillar of sustainable development
06:00 | 06/03/2021 Environment
(VEN) - Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Vietnam adhered to its environmental protection goals and launched initiatives to address ocean plastic waste pollution and respond to climate change and transboundary environmental pollution.
Vietnam plans effective mitigation of natural disaster damage
13:00 | 01/02/2021 Environment
(VEN) - Vietnam is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change, making plans to mitigate the effects of natural disasters an urgent priority to limit damage to the economy and human lives.
Consumer goods firms step up to improve packaging waste management
11:45 | 29/01/2021 Environment
(VEN) - The need for those creating the problem being part of an effective solution was stressed at a recent workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City. The January 20 workshop was attended by government representatives, businesses, academics and other stakeholders.
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Vietnam launches national action plan to curb plastic pollution
06:00 | 22/01/2021 Environment
(VEN) - Vietnam’s leading environmental policy-makers, business leaders, local and international organizations have endorsed an action platform aimed at slashing plastic waste on land and its discharge into the ocean, and develop a roadmap to eliminate single-use plastic and non-biodegradable plastic bags, especially in cities, coastal tourist destinations and marine protected areas.
The Carton Collecting Competition helps to double the cartons collected
16:46 | 07/01/2021 Environment
The seperation of used cartons for recycling at Hanoi’s schools and households are demonstrating positive impacts. Only in the two last months of 2020, the number of used cartons collected has been twice as many as of the previous two months, approaching 125 tonnes.
HCMC launches motorcycle emission control project
13:00 | 05/01/2021 Environment
(VEN) - Ho Chi Minh City is undertaking a pilot project to control the exhaust emissions of the city’s almost seven million motorcycles. However, experts are concerned about its potential for increased costs affecting low-income people, especially the many who earn their living using a motorcycle.
