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NGOs Work for Sustainable Forest Development

Six non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Vietnam are carrying out four UK-funded projects this year in a joint effort to manage and use forest resources in a sustainable manner, according to the People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature).

World Wildlife Day

On March 3, the U.S. Embassy’s American Center Hanoi organized an event to celebrate the first globally recognized World Wildlife Day. More than sixty Vietnamese youth attended the program that began with a short, thought-provoking film on wildlife conservation practices in the United States. The film is the fifth, and final, part of a series on environmental issues, produced by Vietnamese broadcast journalists through the PAS-sponsored TV Coop program. The series was aired on national TV and is scheduled to be aired again soon.

The Real Barrier to Environmental Protection: Lessons from China

February 10, 2014
To Bich Ngoc
Opinions

The Financial Times recently published an article entitled China: The road to reform. The first sentence reads: “For those who have to endure the toxic smog of northern China, it often comes as a surprise to learn that Chinese environmental laws and emissions regulations are some of the most stringent in the world.”

In Vietnam, unsustainable ‘modernization’ too much for sanitation services

February 2, 2014
Web Editor
Media Highlights

In Vietnam, unsustainable ‘modernization’ too much for sanitation services. A polluted section of the Nhue River in Hanoi’s Ha Dong District. Experts have urged Vietnam to invest more in sanitation services to reduce pollution. Photo by Ha An Huynh Thanh…

Video: Introducing Nam Dam Community Tourism Site

January 10, 2014
Web Editor
Videos

Since 2012, Caritas Switzerland and PanNature with funding from Misereor have implemented the community-based tourism project in Nam Dam village. The objective of this project is to develop a model in Nam Dam as a pilot model of how community-based…

HCM City seminar addresses industrial waste

January 8, 2014
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Media Highlights

Pollution caused by industrial parks and export processing zones was addressed at a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City last week, reports the Vietnam News Service. The seminar was organised by the People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature) a Vietnamese…

Pollution originates in legal loopholes

January 1, 2014
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Media Highlights

It is the unreasonable legal framework which has made the environment pollution in industrial zones (IZ) and export processing zones more serious. The barrels of toxic chemicals buried by Nicotex Thanh Thai under the earth. People complain, competent agencies plug…

Nation pays heavy price for industrial gains

January 1, 2014
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Media Highlights

The excessive number of industrial parks and export processing zones have caused serious environmental pollution in the country, experts said at a seminar held in HCM City last Friday. Dr Vo Thanh Thu, member of the Viet Nam Chamber of…

Expert says neglect of duty in mining a form of corruption

December 29, 2013
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Media Highlights

The neglect of obligations in protecting the environment in exploiting natural resources can be seen a delicate form of corruption, an expert said at a seminar on Wednesday on transparency initiatives to protect the environment. Dang Hung Vo, former deputy…

Announcement of PanNature’s New Office Address

December 17, 2013
Web Editor
In-house

PanNature’s office has moved since 10th December 2013. Our new office address is now: 24 H2, Khu do thi moi Yen Hoa, Yen Hoa quarter, Cau Giay district, Hanoi, Vietnam Direction map: https://www.nature.org.vn/en/contact/maps/ Our phone and fax numbers, email, and…