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.
Category: Viet Nam
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.
Dams a threat to Mekong
Instead of rushing ahead with new projects, the Lao government should have waited to see how the unproven mitigation measures of the Xayaburi project work and observed associated environmental impacts.
Gender imbalance worsens in Vietnam
Identifying the gender of a baby inside the womb is becoming increasingly popular. By 2050, Vietnam will see a surplus of some 2.3 million to 4.3 million males, so millions of men will not be able to find partners.