Dong Nai River, which runs through many provinces and cities, has received waste water discharge from production workshops, industrial zones (IZ) and fishing village's for years.

On April 22, 2003, the Government issued a decision approving the plan to thoroughly handle the facilities causing serious environmental pollution.

The sales of E5 petrol and environmentally friendly plastic bags remain low.

Nano-bioreactor technology has not been able to fully clean the To Lich River in Hanoi.

Residents in Le Thuy District, central Quang Binh Province, have become concerned about environment pollution caused by titanium exploitation.

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Production workshops have arisen on agricultural land while fertile land has been left uncultivated in villages that now face more pollution.

Khanh Hoa province, where the famous sea city of Nha Trang is located, is paying a heavy price to develop tourism.

International collaboration is essential to protect the environment, particularly when economic development, changes in structure of the society, air and plastic waste pollution are exerting pressure on Vietnam.

Many temporary huts have been set up to receive tourists on An Bang Beach in Cam An Ward of Hoi An City.

The face of Co To has changed rapidly in recent years with many new hotels and guesthouses, and more aquatic cultivation and processing units established. However, strong economic development has brought environmental consequences.

For effective, low-cost pollution treatment solutions at the household and industrial levels, Dr Nguyen Thi Ha and her co-workers from the environment faculty of the Hanoi University of Natural Sciences have been granted the Kovalevskaia Award.

VietNamNet Bridge - The great achievements in attracting large amounts of FDI have been overshadowed by concerns about pollution risks.

VietNamNet Bridge - A system invented by a group of students monitors air quality indoors by measuring the concentration of CO2, CO, NH3, PM 10 and PM 2.5 dust, temperature and humidity.

VietNamNet Bridge - A group of students from Le Quy Don, Tran Phu and Hanoi-Amsterdam high schools, who are members of Les Pas Vert Club, have made ecobricks from plastic waste.

VietNamNet Bridge - Eco-shrimp farms in several provinces in the Mekong Delta reduce costs, bring high export value, and are environmentally friendly.

VietNamNet Bridge - In Vietnam, electronic waste is collected through unofficial channels by scrap dealers or unregistered units which provide waste to craft villages for recycling.

Organic agricultural production has been expanding in Vietnam, but very few made-in-Vietnam organic fertilizer products are marketed.

After three years of developing ecological IZs on a trial basis, 72 enterprises in Vietnam have saved VND70 billion by reducing the volume of waste discharged to the environment.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 77 percent of solid waste in Vietnam is buried, while 80 percent of landfills are unhygienic.