06 Nov 20 Vietnamnet Source Quang Nam Province authorities want a hydropower company to pay compensation to hundreds of families affected by its discharge of water when Storm Molave hit last month. Molave, said to be among the strongest storms to ever hit Vietnam, made landfall over Quang...
Small hydropower plants should not be blamed for floods: industry minister
05 Nov 20 Vietnamnews Souce HÀ NỘI — Since 2016, all small hydropower plant projects related to natural forest land have not been considered for approval, Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh said at a Government cabinet meeting this week amid heated public debate about the impact...
Floods, climate change and hydropower
31 Oct 20 Vietnamnet Source Natural disasters and floods have devastated central Vietnam at a record level. So far, 130 people have been reported dead, and 18 others are missing. Record floods and rainAccording to a report from the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Se...
Rao Trang 3 accident suggests a reconsideration of small hydropower projects
01 Nov 2020 Vietnamnet Source Hydropower is meant to not only generate renewable energy but also contain floods and regulate water currents. Yet aside from the pros, it has its cons which are deforestation, population resettlement and adverse effects on the natural aquatic environment, to...
We are 'trading nature for economic benefits': senior expert
28 Oct 20 Vietnamnet Source Prof. Nguyen Ngoc Lung, Director of the Institute of Sustainable Forest Management and Forest Certification, has been working in the forestry industry for nearly 60 years. He is called "the man of the forest". He is a proponent and participant ...
Kon Tum's river depleted as hydropower plants store water
09 April 20 Vietnamnet Global Source Hundreds of hectares of crops are withering as Dak Snghe River in Kon Ray district in Kon Tum province is being blocked by two hydropower plants. According to Nguyen Van Thuy, deputy chair of Kon Ray district, since Thuong Kon Tum Hydropower Plant run by Vi...
Hydropower operation must ensure security, production
13 Mar 20 Vietnamnet Global Source The operation of hydropower dams must not have negative impacts on public security or production, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has said. In a document sent to Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the ministry said it has received the gro...