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Hydropower cannot be developed at all costs
Environment

Hydropower cannot be developed at all costs

VRN scientists do not deny the positive role of hydropower in economic and social development, but the massive hydroelectric developments in all river basins have negati…

December 16, 2018
Car smoke harms more people than traffic accidents
Environment

Car smoke harms more people than traffic accidents

The number of people who die from air pollution in the streets every year in the UK is more than twice the number of people who die from traffic accidents. The two resea…

December 16, 2018
Air pollution 'causes obesity'
Environment

Air pollution 'causes obesity'

Controversy erupted after a group of researchers announced an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air is one of the reasons for the fat epidemic.

December 16, 2018
Traffic - No. 1 culprit causes air pollution
Environment

Traffic - No. 1 culprit causes air pollution

According to Mr. Nguyen Hoang Duc, Head of Air Control and Import of Scrap, General Department of Environment, air quality in urban Vietnam is in alarm, especially in bi…

December 16, 2018
Hanoi atmosphere 'dirty first in Asia'
Environment

Hanoi atmosphere 'dirty first in Asia'

Hanoi is one of the most polluted cities in Asia, the dust content is many times higher than the permitted level, foreign experts affirmed.

December 16, 2018
Washing clothes related to ocean pollution?
Environment

Washing clothes related to ocean pollution?

Billions of plastic molecules are released when people wash synthetic fiber clothes (such as nylon, polyester or acrylic) that are contributing to ocean pollution. This…

December 16, 2018
Alarm of water pollution in HCMC
Environment

Alarm of water pollution in HCMC

According to the monitoring data of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in 2011, the situation of environmental pollution in the country is having alarming…

December 16, 2018
China's Yangtze River is heavily polluted
Environment

China's Yangtze River is heavily polluted

A part of the Yangtze River in eastern China is contaminated with chemicals leaked from a cargo ship, causing thousands of people to worry and rush to buy bottled water…

December 16, 2018
Hong Kong charged the garbage tax
Environment

Hong Kong charged the garbage tax

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China will issue a garbage dump tax to solve environmental problems caused by garbage.

December 16, 2018