The country’s thermal coal imports in 2019 are estimated to total about 32 million tons, twice the amount for last year and up three times from three years ago.
Category: Viet Nam
Leading NGOs urge Vietnam to scrap new coal-fired power projects
14 projects will have a total capacity of 17,390 MW.
Laos, Vietnam to open new shared border crossings
Laos and Vietnam are preparing to upgrade two more local crossing points to official border crossings to facilitate international visits in the northern and southern provinces of the two countries.
Southeast Asia’s Water Troubles Underscore Climate Threat
Millions of people in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta could be forced to flee coastal areas.
Economic development must go with environmental protection: PM
Concluding the government-to-locality teleconference on the final day of 2019, the Government leader emphasised future development orientations that would not sacrifice the environment in the pursuit of economic growth
Nigeria: Vietnam Seizes Large Haul of Pangolin Scales, Ivory From Nigeria
The shipment, containing 1.7 tons of pangolin scales and 730 kilogrammes of ivory, was booked in shipping manifest as “high end lumber”, and uncovered in Hai Phong, north Vietnam.
Vietnam’s southernmost province steadily loses land to erosion
The Mekong Delta province has 46 riverine and six coastal areas that are “severe” erosion hotspots, its agriculture department warned recently.
Early saltwater intrusion threatens yet another Mekong Delta crisis
With saltwater intruding deep and earlier than expected, people living in the Mekong Delta face a crippling freshwater shortage.
Mekong Delta’s ornamental plants’ growing district affected by saltwater in rivers
The salinity rates had never been so high in previous years since Chợ Lách is located furthest from the sea in the province.