In joining the Lao effort to build the Luang Prabang hydropower project, Hanoi reverses policy, putting Vietnam’s credibility and the Mekong’s fate on the line.
Category: Viet Nam
No money, no need: Experts question proposed rail line to China
Already a railroad route from Hai Phong to the China border, and the volume of goods that needs to be transported is not so great as to justify building a whole new line.
Women are hit harder by climate change. Here, they are starting to fight back
Planting mangrove trees on the shores of Vietnam is helping protect against global warming—and also sowing the seeds of female empowerment.
Vietnam makes a mess of waste management
Vietnam is sorting trash in four different ways and one type of trash is put under the eyes of up to six ministries.
HCM City, Mekong Delta face serious land subsidence
Land subsidence in HCM City and the Mekong Delta has ranged from 0.1 to 81 cm in the last 10 years, according to the Water Resources Management Department at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
Hanoi Police Disrupt Concert With Environmental Theme
The concert, titled “Awake” was to be performed by pianist Pho An My. Scores of people were “roughed up” and paintings about the environment were forbidden from display in the concert hall.