The People’s Committee of Đắk Nông Province has fined a paper business VNĐ440 million (US$19,720) for polluting the surrounding environment.

The threat of landslides, particularly during the rainy and stormy seasons has concerned residents who live along the west bank of the Hồng (Red) River in Hà Nội.

The blooming of algae, resulting in the red tide phenomenon, is the main cause behind mass fish deaths reported last week in central Thanh Hóa Province, the provincial People’s Committee said yesterday.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà yesterday ordered the Taiwanese Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Hà Tĩnh Steel Company to raise fish in its tank containing treated wastewater.

Trấn Yên Paper Mill in the northern mountainous province of Yên Bái continues to cause environmental pollution by producing paper, after disregarding the provincial authority’s ban to suspend its operations.

As many as 35,000 poor households in the rural areas of five provinces will gain access to hygienic sanitation by building new latrines at their houses over the next two years, a conference heard yesterday.

Climate change has gained recognition as an imminent danger, but the threat to existing fresh water resources requires more immediate attention.

Việt Nam is urged to strengthen the role of women in climate change adaptation and natural disaster risk management, heard a roundtable workshop held yesterday in Hà Nội.

Pollution has caused the deaths of 72,000 fish in the south central coastal province of Phú Yên over the past month.