Seaports told to remove scrap containers
The Việt Nam Maritime Administration has ordered all seaport management agencies to quickly deal with the huge backlog of imported scrap containers across the country.
Forty families in Tìa Dình C Hamlet in Tìa Dình Commune, the northern province of Điện Biên, are living in fear of landslides as cracks have appeared and expanded in the ground surrounding their homes.
Audit institutions of Asean countries shared their progress, experiences and challenges in environmental auditing that is supposed to ensure sustainable development.
GreenViet and the Đà Nẵng–based Centre of Biodiversity Conservation has started construction of the Sơn Trà Nature Education Centre on Sơn Trà peninsula to provide a space for students to explore the area’s biodiversity.
Bạch Mã National Park in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế has released five mammals and two reptiles back into the wild after rescuing and rehabilitating them.
The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said on Wednesday that there was high risk of landslide in northern provinces including Thái Nguyên, Tuyên Quang and Hòa Bình.
The Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park in the central province of Quảng Bình has rescued a pig-tailed macaque, which is listed as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Despite great efforts taken by HCM City authorities to fight flooding, many flood-control projects have been delayed by administrative procedures.
Around 80 volunteers took part in World Cleanup Day organised by Việt Nam Sạch Và Xanh (Việt Nam Clean and Green), cleaning streets in HCM City’s District 7 of trash on September 15.
The northern province’s authorities are urging local police to expedite their investigation into a waste pond failure incident a week ago at a fertiliser factory in the province.