Animal waste growing threat

HA NOI — Large volumes of untreated animal waste are being dumped directly into the environment, posing a severe threat to both the environment and human health, agricultural experts have said. Reports from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Livestock Breeding Department showed that rapid growth in the livestock population, which reached about 300 million poultry and 37 million cattle last year, has caused serious problems with about 85 million tonnes of animal waste being discharged into the environment.

Crackdown on pollution in industrial parks

HCM CITY — HCM City People’s Committee has asked relevant agencies to strictly punish polluting factories in Le Minh Xuan Industrial Park and surrounding areas in Binh Chanh District.

HCMC water supply in troubles due to increasing pollution in Saigon and Dong Nai rivers

VietNamNet Bridge – The destroying of watershed forests plus the uncontrollable waste water discharge, has made the clean water supply sources for millions of dwellers seriously polluted.

The latest surveys conducted by the Saigon Water Supply Company (Sawaco) show that the indexes for COD, ammonia, bacteria content, suspended solids of raw water sources from the Saigon and Dong Nai rivers all have increased dramatically and shown abnormal signs. The problem is that Saigon and Dong Nai rivers are the main sources of water supply for millions of people.