The southern province of Long An has carried plans to build industrial complexes in hi-tech parks, aiming to create a sustainable environment for the province, according to Phan Nhân Duy, Director of Long An Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Thousands of residents in the central highlands province of Đắk Nông’s Đắk R’Lấp District are living with rubbish and fume from rubbish treatment area which is located near the residents area.

Hundreds of notable scientists from around the world will gather in the south-central province of Bình Định next month to discuss issues relating to environmental pollution, recovery and management.

More plastic dustbins for special garbage such as empty bottles or package of plant protection substances should be installed  along vegetable gardens in Hà Nội’s Long Biên District to better protect the environment, local authority has said.

Hà Nội has planned to build 1,000 public toilets, and 200 of which would be put into operation before Tết holiday to serve local people and visitors. However, a month after the holiday, only two have opened for public.

A sudden incident of mass fish deaths that occurred yesterday in a section of Âm River in the central province of Thanh Hoá have sparked concerns of environmental pollution.

A seven-year-old male Bos Gaurus bull, an endangered species listed in Group IB in Việt Nam’s Red Book, was killed in a protected area in Chư Mom Ray National Park last Friday.

Authorities in central Hà Tĩnh Province denied the connection between Formosa’s waste water discharge and the reddish streak appeared on water edge near the province’s Sơn Dương wharf.

Storms and tropical depressions are likely to arrive earlier and with more frequency in the East Sea than in the average monsoon season, the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF) said.