Nguyen Hoang Hoai Nguyen, director of Phuong Dong Building Company, allegedly directed employees to repeatedly dump over 600 tons of foul-smelling household waste onto a plot of land.
Nguyen Quoc Chinh and his wife have been fined over 1 billion VND for operating two pig farms that illegally discharged waste, polluting water sources and causing mass fish deaths.
Ho Chi Minh City will operate 443 electric buses on 27 new routes starting 1/8, bringing the total number of electric buses citywide to 613, accounting for over 26% of the total fleet.
Bui Quang An, director of Dia Long Agricultural Services Trading Co., Ltd., accepted mango peels and seeds for disposal but dumped them directly into the environment.
Amid growing environmental pollution threatening public health and socioeconomic development, the Prime Minister's Directive 20 outlines a comprehensive national campaign against pollution, starting in 2025.
The large number of gasoline motorcycle users, limited public transport coverage, lack of parking spaces, and insufficient charging stations pose challenges as Hanoi moves to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles.
For the past two days, dinner conversations at Mr. Hung's home have revolved around how his family will manage if gasoline-powered motorbikes are banned from the city center next July.
The prime minister has directed Hanoi to consider increasing fees for registration, licensing, and parking in the city center for fossil fuel-powered vehicles, starting in Quarter III, 2025.
The prime minister has directed Hanoi to implement a roadmap to ban fossil fuel vehicles in the city center by mid-2026, expanding to a low-emission zone citywide by 2030.
Thousands of tons of waste in Ca Mau province are being sent to landfills due to the closure of the Ca Mau City waste processing plant, which has yet to receive approval for new processing fees.
