The VNĐ3.3 trillion (US$143.5 million) Cái Lớn-Cái Bé dual sluice project aims to control saline intrusion and adapt to climate change in Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta Province of Kiên Giang. However, experts, managers and residents are uncertain about its impact.

A fishing village has been illegally expanding on the La Ngà River in Đồng Nai Province’s Định Quán District and polluting it despite the local authorities’ prevention efforts, the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.

Hungary will share its experience with Hà Nội to help remove oil and grease from water and purify the city’s lakes, Kovacs Karoly, president of Hungarian Water Association, said.

The Đức Tài Investment and Construction Joint-stock Company exploited limestone in the central province of Thanh Hóa during the past two years without any environmental protection measures seriously affecting local residents’ lives.

As many as 1,625 people has engaged in the Hạ Long-Cát Bà Alliance and 109 people have benefited from sustainable management and conservation of the resources with the project’s support.

Shrimp breeders in Sông Cầu Township, Phú Yên Province have strongly opposed a local seafood processing factory’s discharge of untreated wastewater into Xuân Đài Bay, recently causing mass shrimp death.

Đà Nẵng City Tourism Association insisted at a talk on Sơn Trà Peninsual tourism development on Tuesday morning that no more hotels or any kind of construction should be built on the peninsula to preserve its environment and biodiversity.

The People’s Committee of Khánh Hòa Province has imposed a fine of VNĐ3 billion (US$133,000) on Khánh Hòa Sugar Company Ltd. for violating environmental laws and contaminating lagoon water.

A summer youth volunteer campaign and a beach-cleaning activity were launched on Sunday in the central Thanh Hóa Province, to observe World Environment Day 2017 (June 5).