As many as 19 of the 43 industrial clusters in capital city of Hà Nội do not have waste water treatment plants, an inspection by the municipal People’s Council has found.

Authorities have confirmed a serious case of deforestation has occurred in this northern mountain province, resulting in the destruction of about 80 percent of the special forest areas in Pá Khoang Commune.

In early August, locals in a mountainous area of the south-central province of Bình Định called rangers to report something odd: a large group of strangers cutting down trees in a nearby natural forest.

Experts shared the methodology and preliminary calculation of the national potential of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic in Việt Nam at a workshop held on Thursday in Hà Nội.

More efforts are needed to strengthen and support collaboration among ASEAN countries and China to combat the increasing wildlife smuggling and poaching of endangered wildlife, the 4th Regional Dialogue on Combating Trafficking of Wild Fauna and Flora heard in Bangkok on Wednesday.

The administration of the central city of Đà Nẵng has failed to comply with the Prime Minister’s request for detailed plans to resolve the clash between the need to preserve the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve and the accelerated tourism development at the site, former and current officials say.

The chairman of the People’s Committee of Hà Nội, Nguyễn Đức Chung, has asked the department of construction to enhance supervision of waste collection units, warning that officials failing to do so would be suspended.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the People’s Committee of Bình Định and other authorised agencies to promptly investigate media reports of  deforestation in the central province and report back to him before October 30.

The central province of Bình Thuận is preparing to receive sludge from the Vĩnh Tân Thermal Power Centre to reclaim land that has seen serious erosion.