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Just 34.8 percent of Vietnamese people in rural areas have access to clean water

Vietnam is in danger of missing the target of providing 93-95 percent of people in rural areas, and at least 95 percent in urban areas, access to clean water by 2025.

Hanoi needs long-term solutions for garbage collection

VietNamNet Bridge - The garbage collection in urban areas is mechanized, while the work is still done manually in rural areas with low productivity and efficiency.

Dry anaerobic composting: solution for waste treatment in rural areas

VietNamNet Bridge - Collecting and treating waste in rural areas is a difficult task for local authorities, but dry anaerobic composting model may prove to be a good solution. 

Truck overturns in SE Asia’s largest underwater tunnel

A truck moving at high speed lost control and overturned in Saigon river tunnel, Ho Chi Minh City, at 1.40 pm on November 25.

Live music trend shakes up sleepy districts

 VietNamNet Bridge – While city people often head to karaoke lounges to blow off steam, those living in the rural area in the southern province of Phu Yen rely on their own voices.

The tragedy of the poor who are not recognized as poor

 VietNamNet Bridge – The rural poverty rate is falling very fast. Indeed, farmers are mandatorily out of poverty, but their lives do not get better in fact.