By Vo Hai  March 27, 2018 | 09:14 am GMT+7 Vietnamese fishing boats in the South China Sea, commonly known as the East Sea in Vietnam. Photo by VnExpress/Van Dong Last week, Vietnam's foreign ministry also voiced its opposition to the fishing ban in the East Sea. The Vietnam Fisheries Society has issued a statement protesting against a Chinese fishing ban in the East Sea, internationally known as the South China Sea, saying it violates Vietnam’s sovereignty. China's Ministry of Agriculture has announced it is adjusting a ban in Vietnam's territorial waters from May 1 to August 16. “This ban violates the rights and legal interests of Vietnam, the country’s sovereignty to the Paracel Islands and the Gulf of Tonkin, and it hampers the operations of Vietnamese fishermen,” said the Vietnam Fisheries Society. It also goes against international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982, and … [Read more...] about Vietnam Fisheries Society kicks off at Chinese fishing ban in disputed waters
Water
New waste water treatment plant opens
Leaders of the southern province of Tay Ninh visit the waste water treatment plant which was inaugurated in the Moc Bai TMTC Industrial Zone on March 22. — VNA/VNS Photo Le Duc Hoanh A waste water treatment plant with a capacity of 20,000cu.m per day was inaugurated yesterday at the Moc Bai TMTC Industrial Zone in Ben Cau District of the southern province of Tay Ninh. The plant invested by the Republic of Korea’s Taekwang Group with a capital of US$15 million were built in an area of 4ha in the zone. The Moc Bai TMTC Industrial Zone covering a land lot of 108ha has attracted seven investors from the RoK and China with total registered capital of $50 million. There are four factories under construction in the zone and one plant has become operational. — VNS … [Read more...] about New waste water treatment plant opens
Japanese business community donates water heater to orphanage
JBAH members play with orphans at the Marina Picasso Orphanage in HCM City’s Thu Duc District — VNS Photo Van Chau The Japanese Business Association in HCM City (JBAH) has donated a water heater to Marina Picasso Orphanage in HCM City’s Thu Duc District. Vo Thi Tuoi, manager of the orphanage, said: “The donation is helpful and meaningful for us, especially for the division where we provide care for newborns. They have a greater demand for hot water than others in the orphanage. With the new equipment, we will not have to wait for boiling water.” In addition to the donation last on March 11, JBAH members played football and painted with the orphans in the village. Lat year, JBAH donated US$38,000 to help underprivileged children, including orphans in Binh Duong Province and HCM City. They also built an inter-commune concrete bridge in Long An Province to make it easier for thousands of people to commute from isolated areas, enabling children to go to … [Read more...] about Japanese business community donates water heater to orphanage
Hạ Long Bay’s water under threats
Viet Nam News QUẢNG NINH — The water environment in the world-renowned Hạ Long Bay has been under tremendous pressure from the growing socio-economic activities in the area. Recognised twice by the UNESCO as the global heritage, Hạ Long Bay remains one of the country’s top attractions – drawing in 9.87 million tourists last year, of which, 4.28 million are foreign tourists, bringing in US$797 million in revenues, up 30 per cent against 2016. Everyone it seems wants a slice of the pie with a boom in accommodation – 12,000 rooms, 80 hotels, and 512 cruises (including overnight ones). Overload threats Phạm Đình Huỳnh, deputy head of the Bay’s management board, said the international recognition of the Bay has been a boom to the province’s development but also causes a lot of troubles for the authorities. Hạ Long Bay is not just a purely tourist site. Several vital socio-economic activities make use of … [Read more...] about Hạ Long Bay’s water under threats
Water pollution alert sounded nationwide
The overexploitation of water nationwide increases the level of arsenic in groundwater, exceeding the permitted level of 10mg per litre. Illustrative Photo. — Source vietnamplus.vnViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Water found in some 71 per cent of Hà Nội’s wells is contaminated with higher than permitted levels of phosphate. This was revealed in a research conducted by the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment. Groundwater in the northern mountainous provinces of Hà Giang and Tuyên Quang has higher iron levels than permitted, reaching more than 1mg per litre. At some places, concentrated around sulphide mines, this level is 15mg to 20mg per litre. The overexploitation of water nationwide increases the level of arsenic in groundwater, exceeding the permitted level of 10mg per litre. Areas polluted with arsenic are mostly those contaminated with high levels of ammoniac, mainly in the northern delta and Cửu … [Read more...] about Water pollution alert sounded nationwide