The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued a directive providing technical know-how for coffee and pepper growers in the Central Highlands and Southeast regions to combat the prolonged drought in these areas.

“It is an abnormal phenomenon,” Hoàng Dương Tùng, deputy head of the Việt Nam  Environment Administration, said yesterday regarding a mass fish kill discovered earlier this month along the country’s central coast, causing concern among local people.

The worst drought ever recorded in Việt Nam has prompted the government and the public to brainstorm strategies on using water sources intelligently for food security and poverty reduction.

Fire damaged a 5ha log farm near Bà Nà-Núi Chúa Nature Reserve in Hoà Vang District, 25km away from  the central city’s centre yesterday, the city's forest management department said.

Scientists and environmentalists across the country have raised their voice to strongly oppose the construction of the Đrang Phôk Hydropower Plant at the end of this year in the Central Highlands Đắk Lắk Province’s Krông Na Commune.

A national meeting to celebrate World Environment Day on June 5 is scheduled to be held in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai.

Experts have proposed using the Nhiêu Lộc – Thị Nghè Canal as a reservoir to regulate water as urban floods have become more serious during the rainy season in HCM City.

“The first-priority mission in coping with climate change now should be ensuring enough fresh water for residents,” said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, also Chairman of the National Committee on Climate Change at its 7^th session yesterday in Hà Nội.

Oysters are raised in millions of recycled rubber tyres in Lăng Cô Town, Phú Lộc District, in the central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, posing risks to water and consumer health, Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.