Nhue River in Hanoi has become more polluted due to rubbish.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi-based Phuong Bac Infrastructure JSC has sent a dispatch to Hanoi’s agencies suggesting a solution to upgrade To Lich River. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi authorities have at least on four occasions set up programs to settle pollution at rivers and lakes, but no considerable improvement has been made.

VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities of Nghe An Province’s Quy Hop District are investigating the breach in a wall of a tin tailing pond, resulting in the polluting of rivers and killing fish in the district,

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 VietNamNet Bridge – No river or lake in Hanoi can meet the standards set to be classified as a 1st-class body of water (unpolluted or slightly polluted), according to the Institute for Environmental Science and Development.

In rainy season, the water rises and inundates houses, sweeping crops away. In dry season, the drought chaps the fields. This is what happens with the people in the lower course of the rivers in Central Highlands, where hydropower plants are located.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Long-term planning is needed to cope with worsening pollution in the Sai Gon and Dong Nai rivers, experts have warned.