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Hanoi needs millions of USD to revive rivers

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi is a ‘city of rivers and lakes’. However, many are in danger because of waste pollution.  

Red River Delta faces drought

Though the peak time of the dry season has yet to arrive, the water level on the Red, Thai Binh and Day Rivers has been decreasing, posing a risk of water shortage for hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland.

Hanoi: New bridge to be constructed over Red River

The Ha Noi People’s Committee has proposed the construction of Me So Bridge, which will connect the city’s Thuong Tin District with neighbouring Hung Yen Province.

Sand exploitation out of control as violators threaten authorities

VietNamNet Bridge - Sand exploitation brings huge profits even higher than that brought by illegal logging. Experts say.

Vietnam continues exporting sand despite warnings about depletion

VietNamNet Bridge - If Vietnam doesn’t have a plan to exploit sand in an effective and reasonable way, it will have to import sand in the future, experts have said.

Floating parking lots on rivers and canals: Hanoi mulls plan

VietNamNet Bridge - La Xanh JSC has suggested building a system of floating parking lots on rivers and canals in the inner city of Hanoi to solve the shortage of land for car parks.

Hanoi’s proposal to lower level of dyke on Red River raises concerns

VietNamNet Bridge - The concerns among experts is that the dyke, at a lower level, may protect Hanoi in case of heavy floods.

Fertilizer plant poisoning Red River for half a century

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite repeated warnings and sanctions, the Lam Thao Fertilizers and Chemicals JSC is still discharging substandard waste water into the Red River, causing pollution and harming people’s lives along the river.

Illegal sand exploitation threatens Hanoi rivers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal sand mining along Ha Noi’s rivers keeps increasing, causing loss of resources and polluting the environment, while negatively affecting socio-economic development and people’ security.  

Scientists: Chinese exports polluting Vietnam through Red River

VietNamNet Bridge - Lao Cai province’s chair Dang Xuan Phong said the Red River’s water from the other side of the border with China is becoming more seriously polluted.

Vietnam needs master plan for water sources: expert

VietNamNet Bridge - The rainy season has begun and the serious drought in Mekong Delta is finally over. However, Vietnam will still face water shortages and saline intrusion in the long term. 

China's lack of cooperation causing problems for Vietnam's water resources programming

VietNamNet Bridge - The lack of cooperation from China and its erratic methods of water storage and discharge has placed Vietnam in a passive mode when using water from the Red River.

'Primitive men' in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge - A couple and their little daughter live like “primitive men” amid the warp of the Red River in Long Bien District, Hanoi. They shave their head and do not wear clothes.

Sand exploitation destroying Red River

VietNamNet Bridge - The Red River, called ‘Song Cai’, meaning ‘major river,’ or ‘Song Me’, meaning 'mother river’ is considered a national ‘treasure’. But pollution and sand exploitation are destroying the river. 

What’s behind Ministry’s decision to rename Red River exploitation plan?

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts believe that Vietnam needs to set up a national committee on Red River exploitation to be in charge of making decisions on issues related to water source security.

River Network criticises reservoir plan

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam River Network (VRN) has called for the cancellation of a transportation and hydroelectric project along the Hong (Red) River in the north of Viet Nam.

Scientists suggest building 5-7 rolling weirs on Red River

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has proposed to build 5-7 spillways on the Red River in order to raise water for agricultural production and the underground water level.

Rolling weirs on Red River may bring fatal dangers: experts

VietNamNet Bridge - While the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) insists on the plan to build 5-7 rolling weirs across the Red River to regulate the river’s water level, experts have warned about dangers that could occur.

Elderly couple's wedding photos go viral

 The wedding photos of this elderly bride and her heartthrob are making rounds on social media.

Overexploited rivers dying

VietNamNet Bridge - Rivers have been overexploited, causing tremendous pressure on the livelihoods and water sources of the communities living on the riverbanks.