A major mercury leak, tap water contamination, and “alarming” levels of haze – several pollution crises in Hanoi have sparked public fury and accusations that communist Vietnam is putting the economy ahead of the environment.
Category: Viet Nam
Can officials be trusted to make responsible statements during a crisis?
Time and again Vietnam officials and others make irresponsible statements and mislead the public about water quality, causing serious consequences to public health and livelihood, but they are not held accountable.
Vietnam’s Equitization Plans: Opportunities and Challenges for Investors
The Vietnamese government has a plan to restructure its economy through privatizing SOEs by equitizing and divesting state capital in more than 400 enterprises by 2020.
Nearly 4,000 plastic waste containers clogged in Vietnam’s ports
503 containers of plastic waste, paper waste, metal scraps and other rubbish have been sent back to their origins due to failures to meet Vietnam’s standards.
Hanoians struggle for drinking water after river contaminated with oil
A senior government official confirmed on Tuesday that the water supply across the city’s south-east has been contaminated with styrene, a carcinogenic.