Rural waste is a growing problem (3/22/19 2:32 PM)
(WorldNews Politics)

Overlapping and ineffective co-ordination between ministries and agencies has been blamed for poor solid waste management in Vietnam`s rural areas. Discarded waste along a coastal road on Hon Son Island, Lai Son Commune, Kien Hai District in the southern province of Kien Giang. VNA/VNS Photo Hong Dat More than 60 million people, accounting for about 73 per cent of Vietnam`s population, are living in rural areas. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, more than 13 million tonnes of waste and about 7,500 tonnes of pesticide containers are discarded in the country`s rural areas each year. More than 80 per cent of waste and almost all of the containers used for...