The People’s Committee of Bình Thuận Province has ordered relevant agencies to tackle the problems arising from large quantities of wastes washing up along the Phan Thiết city coast, affecting tourism.

The number of sea turtles coming to inland areas in Núi Chúa National Park in the south-central province of Ninh Thuận has decreased, according to the national park management board.

Rain lasting an hour on Sunday evening flooded many streets in downtown Hà Nội, causing travel chaos.

 The Chư Mom Ray National Park received a pig-tailed macaque (macaca leonina species), recognised as a rare species, which was handed over voluntarily by a local resident, director of the national park Võ Sỹ Chung confirmed with the online newspaper baokontum on Thursday.

Elephants in Đồng Nai are destroying crop fields and damaging farmers’ buildings – despite a 50-kilometre electric fence built to keep them out.

Đồng Nai People’s Committee has fined a Malaysian company subsidiary VNĐ9.7 billion (US$415,232) for illegal waste burial. 

Residents of Vũ Hội Commune in Vũ Thư District of northern Thái Bình Province have to pass a large rubbish dump to get to the communal clinic. The pile, high as a person’s head, is located just 100 metres from the clinic and the primary and secondary schools of the commune.

Farmers in Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces are struggling to fight floodwaters caused by heavy rains, rising tides and water released in the wake of a dam breach in Laos.

The number of gaurs living in Ja Book Valley has been declining over the last 20 years as the grasslands where they used to roam have slowly been replaced by forests.