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The case for going slow on Bus Rapid Transit

Just before the four-day vacation last weekend, Ha Noi People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung cancelled the exclusivity of the bus rapid transit (BRT) system in the capital city.

HCM City tackles pollution in outlying districts

HCM City will focus on reducing pollution in rural districts and communes, local authorities said at a conference held in the city on Thursday to review the National Target Programme for New Rural Areas 2016.

Polluting technology on way out

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan speaks to Quan doi nhan dan (People’s Army) newspaper about the relationship between enterprises and the environment.

Doubling renewables by 2030 could save $4.2 trillion/year: research

 Doubling the share of renewables in the global energy mix to 36 percent by 2030 could save the world economy up to $4.2 trillion a year,

PM okays 51 key waste water plants in Dong Nai River

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the construction of 51 key waste water treatment plants in Dong Nai river basin with the aim of reducing pollution in local waterways.