The Tiền and Hậu rivers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have become deeper in recent years instead of having silt build-up like in years past, experts have said.

Đà Nẵng City’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment have sent to the police details of alleged toxic waste dumped by an environmental company at the Khánh Sơn dumping site.

The southern Đồng Nai Province has decided to stop the operations of automatic wastewater monitoring stations that were installed by investors in provincial industrial zones.

Alluvium, mud and soil brought down by floods are the reasons behind the mass fish death in central Thanh Hóa Province over the past few days, the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said today.

At least three seals have been seen in the sea off the central Bình Thuận Province’s Tuy Phong District, surprising both local people and tourists in the past two weeks.

HCM City is cracking down on pollution, with the People’s Committee spelling out measures for waste control, after voters expressed anguish about the defiling of the Sài Gòn River and the People’s Council calling for heeding the lessons of Formosa.

Families living near the Formosa Industrial Park (IP) in Đồng Nai Province have been forced to drill wells for water and breathe polluted air for years because of smoke emissions and untreated waste water discharged from the IP, local media have reported.

The transportation sector must work closely with law enforcement agencies to bolster the fight against wildlife crime and reduce demand for wildlife consumption, experts said at a two-day workshop that ended on Friday in HCM City.

At least four people died, one is missing and three were injured after torrential rains swept through the northern and north-central regions over the past few days, according to the latest report from the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.