Water infrastructure needed: ADB
Investment in water infrastructure must be sustained if Asia is to succeed in reducing poverty and maintaining strong economic growth, the region’s top development banker said yesterday.
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Deputy insists on quality standards for hydro plant
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai yesterday said it was imperative to conduct quality control checks on the Son La Hydroelectric Plant and to speed up the resettlement programmes and ensure proper support is given to those relocated.
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HCM City wastes $2.8m in clean water every year
CM City wastes more than 500,000 cu.m of clean water a day, resulting in a loss of VND500 billion (US$28 million) every year, according to director Nguyen Ton of the Viet Nam Water Supply and Sewerage Association.
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Ministry to develop sustainable technology
Hanoi — The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) wants all new factories to meet environmental standards and possess waste-treatment facilities by next year.
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Ineffective waste treatment systems blight environment
The failure by enterprises to use appropriate wastewater-treatment technologies is the prime reason for the increasing environmental pollution, the HCM City Institute of Tropical Technologies and Environmental Protection says.
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Delat groundwater sources in grave danger
HCM City– Unscientific and wasteful exploitation of groundwater sources in the Mekong Delta region has sharply reduced under ground water levels and severely polluted it, scientists say.
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City polluters ordered to stop
The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment has ordered enterprises to cease all production processes that generate wastewater if it is not properly treated.
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Italy helps improve water system
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Cao Viet Sinh and Italian Ambassador to Viet Nam Andrea Perugini yesterday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the implementation of three projects using Italian preferential credit.
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Polluting firms told to clean up or close down
Dong Nai – Seventy-six companies in Dong Nai Province found violating environmental regulations have been given a deadline to comply with city standards, according to the director of the province”s Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
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Flood water, sewage inundates HCM City
Flooding in inner HCM City is expected to worsen during the upcoming rainy season, as scores of sewage pipes have been damaged or left unconnected from the drainage network, according to city officials.
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Polluting firms told to clean up or close down
Dong Nai – Seventy-six companies in Dong Nai Province found violating environmental regulations have been given a deadline to comply with city standards, according to the director of the province”s Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
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Water treatment plant opens
The Thu Dac water treatment plant began operating on Tuesday, supplying 100,000cu.m of clean water daily to the city’s water supply network.
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Water supply plan targets rural poverty
Binh Thuan - Construction of the US$50 million Phan Ri-Phan Thiet Irrigation Project, funded with official development assistance (ODA) from the Japanese Government, kicked off yesterday.
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Industries pour toxic waste into Nhue River
Toxic waste inspections, launched after nearly 10 tonnes of dead fish were found along a 2-km stretch of the Nhue River, discovered that 100 per cent of surveyed businesses had discharged toxic waste into the river.
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