At least 54 people died, 31 others were injured and 39 are missing due to heavy rains and floods triggered by a tropical depression hitting northern and central localities in recent days, according to National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention.

Most small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Mekong Delta province of Trà Vinh are unaware of their corporate social responsibility and responsibility to protect the environment.

Water intrusion in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province’s coastal area has threatened 700 families, with the local authorities struggling to find a proper solution to the situation.

High tides over the last few days damaged a 20-metre section of an anti-flood construction work along riverbanks in Cần Thơ City’s Ninh Kiều District, affecting the property of dozens of households on October 10.

More than 8,000sq.m of special-use forests were destroyed in just three months between July and September in Đông Mệt Village, Pá Khoang Commune, Điện Biên District, in the northern mountainous province of Điện Biên.

HCM City and Bình Dương Province People’s Committee have agreed to collaborate on treating pollution at Ba Bò Canal during the 2017-18.

Some 15ha of agriculture land and farm produce of 50 households in Nâm N’Đir Commune, Krông Nô District, Đắk Nông Province, was lost in a landslide in Krông Nô river.

Robust sustainable banking guidelines and urgent action by banks are needed to prevent a looming environmental and social crisis that could cripple the region’s economic growth, the World Wide Fund for Nature warned in a report on Thursday.

Việt Nam needs to implement policies of climate change mitigation in an inclusive and comprehensive way. Of that, mitigation actions might benefit the most disadvantaged and vulnerable people, experts have said.