Việt Nam will successfully implement commitments in greenhouse gas emission reduction and climate change mitigation, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà at the Assembly Meeting of the Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) has said in Hà Nội.

Việt Nam and the United States marked the start of the second and final phase of thermal treatments at the Đà Nẵng Airport yesterday to clean up dioxin contamination caused by US forces more than 40 years ago.

Storm Sarika is expected to enter the Tonkin Gulf and head toward Việt Nam’s coastal provinces from Quảng Ninh to Nam Định tomorrow with winds up to 165km per hour, according to the National Forecast Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre.

The capital city is preparing to install an additional 20 air-monitoring stations, municipal officials say.

After restless anticipation, the floods finally came, and with it, the hope of a revival of the entire Western region of Việt Nam and much-needed reprieve to the people. Unfortunately, the life-giving waters fall short of expectation.

The central city has been struggling against waste water at Industrial Zones (IZs) and urban sites, as well as to supply clean water while dealing with heavily polluted sites.

Two people died and one another was reported missing in central provinces of Thừa Thiên - Huế, Quảng Trị and Quảng Bình due to impacts of low tropical depression that went through the localities on Thursday.

The Ministry of Finance has transferred VNĐ3 trillion (US$134 million) to four coastal central provinces of Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Huế) where fish died en mass due to environmental pollution in April.

International scholars called on all East Sea (South China Sea) claimants, especially China, to collaborate in addressing massive coral reef destruction that might lead to economic losses of up to US$5.6 billion a year.