Environment

Heavy metals founds within seafood samples taken from Ha Tinh and Quang Tri which were affected by mass fish deaths are within the permitted levels, health authorities have claimed.

Environment officials of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand convened the 18th meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee (MSC) on Transboundary Haze Pollution in Singapore.

French Ambassador to Vietnam, Jean-Noel Poirier, talked about Hanoi’s worsening air quality and an agreement on the supplies of French air quality measurement systems to the city.

US Ambassador Ted Osius and Senior Lieutenant General Nguyễn Chí Vịnh, the deputy minister of Defence, announced the successful treatment of dioxin-contaminated soil at Đà Nẵng International Airport.

Scientists from Germany, Israel and the US have arrived in Vietnam to help local authorities investigate the cause of mass fish deaths in the central region.

As young boys plunge into a murky dam to escape the blistering afternoon sun, guards armed with guns stand vigil at one of the few remaining water bodies in a state hit hard by India’s crippling drought.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment yesterday claimed the waters off four central coastal provinces was now safe, following the mass fish deaths last week.

Many farmers in the Mekong Delta provinces have switched from growing rice to drought-resistant crops to cope with the region’s worst drought in 100 years.

The Government’s national power development plan that calls for a higher proportion of power generation from renewable energy by 2030, including water, wind, solar and biomass, has not met its targets or the country’s potential.

Divers who worked in contaminated water in Ha Tinh Province will have health checks in Hue City after the death of co-worker.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Tran Hong Ha, admitted that the ministry had failed to respond and react well to the mass fish death disaster.

The Vietnam Fisheries Association said there was no evidence to prove that the fish were killed by a red tide and urged local authorities to quickly uncover the exact cause of the mass fish deaths on the central coast.

The Hanoi Sewage and Drainage Company has announced three scenarios to reduce heavy flooding in the city during the upcoming rainy season.

Thousands of people in Yen Khanh District in Ninh Binh Province have complained about untreated waste water which they claim local authorities have turned a blind eye to.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment claims that there was insufficient evidence that Formosa and other plants in the Vung Ang Economic Zones in Ha Tinh Province were responsible for the mass fish deaths along the central coast.

Luu Quang Khanh, head of Danang City Fisheries Department, has claimed the dead fish found in the city are not the victims of the current poisoning scandal affecting Ha Tinh and three other provinces.

People in Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces are flocking to the sea to collect dead fish for traders to earn huge profits despite severe warnings about potential food poisoning.

Vietnam has sent urgent appeals to international communities, asking for 48.5 million USD to deal with the impact of increasingly severe drought and saltwater intrusion caused by the El Nino phenomenon.

A representative in Vung Ang Industrial Zone has sparked public outrage by stating people must make the false choice between massively polluting steel industry or fishing.