VietNamNet Bridge – Several foreign countries recycle and reuse waste to protect the environment and save natural resources, but this has not received the attention it merits in Viet Nam, environmental experts said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Solid waste continues to increase rapidly throughout the country, and is expected to reach a high rate of 44 million tonnes annually, starting this year,

 VietNamNet Bridge – There is great potential for applying the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model in environmental protection, but this has not happened because a proper legal framework is missing, experts say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thang Long Environmental Service Joint Stock Company has opened a VND160 billion waste treatment plant in Ha Noi's outlying district of Son Tay that uses advanced incineration technology

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 70 percent of Vietnam’s population are living in rural areas, producing over 31,500 tonnes of household solid waste a day, of which between 40 and 55 percent is collected,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's growing industries produce increasing amounts of waste while only around 5 per cent of waste water is treated, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Industrial pollution and destruction of the environment continues to threaten the country's socio-economic development, experts have warned the government.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment targets collecting and fully treating all hazardous solid wastes by 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has great potential in bio-mass and bio-gas production but has failed to exploit this yet, experts said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The southern province of Binh Duong is cleaning up its environment by adopting stringent industrial pollution regulations and also enforcing them.

VietNamNet Bridge – Delegations from more than 20 Asia-Pacific countries came together in Ha Noi yesterday to discuss practical policies for waste - an ever growing challenge in the region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi has approved spending more than VND107 trillion (US$5.1 billion) on collecting, classifying and properly treating solid waste in a bid to reduce environmental pollution and make the capital city greener by 2030.