Seeking solutions for plastic waste problem
06:00 | 12/06/2021 Environment
(VEN) - Plastic waste is an environmental and financial burden on governments around the world, including Vietnam. The country is facing numerous difficulties in finding suitable waste treatment technologies, as well as in classifying and minimizing waste at the source and planning waste treatment facilities.
Vietnam mulls methods of effective solar panel recycling
06:00 | 09/06/2021 Environment
(VEN) - The number of expired solar panels (photovoltaic panels) in Vietnam is expected to increase significantly in the coming years with the strong development of solar power. However, given scientific and technological advances, 97 percent of the photovoltaic panel’s materials can be completely recycled and become input materials for many manufacturing industries.
Government pushes use of power plant ash, gypsum in construction
06:00 | 15/05/2021 Environment
(VEN) - The Prime Minister has issued instructions on promoting the treatment and use of ash, slag and gypsum from thermal power plants, chemical and fertilizer factories as raw materials for production of construction materials and in construction works.
Industry and trade sector gets handle on pollution hotspots
13:00 | 27/04/2021 Environment
(VEN) - The industry and trade sector is making efforts to control environmental pollution hotspots, sending teams to inspect the adherence of manufacturing facilities to the law on environmental protection.
Hurdles to microplastic pollution control in commodity products
13:00 | 26/04/2021 Environment
(VEN) - Vietnam has made a determined decision to deal with the explosion of plastic waste damaging its own and the global environment, adopting relevant laws and policies in recent years. However, lack of specific standards and regulations are creating difficulties in the management and enforcement of waste reduction and recycling.
Vietnam to crack down on polluting enterprises
13:00 | 22/04/2021 Environment
(VEN) - The National Target Program on Environmental Protection calls for all serious violations of environmental protection laws to be addressed by 2025 in order to curb air pollution in urban areas and treat 90 percent of urban domestic solid waste.
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.
