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Binh Duong IP fined for polluting Sai Gon River

 VietNamNet Bridge – Binh Duong Province authorities on Monday fined Viet Huong 2 Industrial Park VND1.96 billion (US$86,300) for discharging untreated wastewater into the Sai Gon River.

Where do HCM City’s 7,000 tons of daily garbage go?

After the Phuoc Hiep waste treatment area – once considered HCM City’s key dumping site - was closed and replaced by Da Phuoc, which treats up to 70% of the city’s total waste, HCM City has had to pay an additional $3 million per year.

Locals outraged by polluting shrimp firm

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of households in southern Soc Trang Province's Thanh Phu Commune are demanding strong action against a local shrimp processing company that has continued to pollute their main water source

Tay Ninh shuts polluting rubber processors

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Tay Ninh Province's People's Committee has accepted a petition from the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment to shut down all rubber and cassava processing establishments

Café, restaurants, street shops poisoning Hanoi’s lakes

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoians fear that the West Lake and Truc Bach, the two lakes considered as the symbols of Hanoi, would disappear one day as a result of the private business boom.

Plants told to tackle pollution

VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in the city of My Tho in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang have complained about a bad odour that had been polluting the city, especially at dawn and sunset.

Kilns in Hau Giang Province polluting

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 1,000 charcoal-producing kilns in southern Hau Giang Province's Chau Thanh District and Nga Bay Town are filling the air with soot,