Farmers in central Quảng Bình Province are facing a dilemma as their paddy fields have been affected by salty water following the typhoon Doksuri last September.

HCM City People's Committee Chairman, Nguyễn Thanh Phong, has asked the police investigation office to investigate and prosecute illegal sand mining cases in the Cần Giờ sea area.

Residents in the Mekong Delta Province of Tiền Giang are worried that the construction of a fruit park will alter the currents of the Tiền and Cái Bè Rivers and intensify landslides on Cai Lậy District’s Tân Phong Islet.

An areca nut processing plant in Nam Đông District’s Hương Hoà Commnue has been causing pollution for months but the local authority has not imposed any effective sanctions.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Sóc Trăng aims to preserve 350 long-tailed macaques monkeys living in a mangrove forest and develop eco-tourism as part of its tourism development plan by 2020.

The only lake that provides water to the southernmost province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu is at risk of getting polluted because of a waste treatment plant.

The island of Tam Hải off the coast of Quảng Nam, has been struggling against a flood of household garbage treatment following the failure of a rubbish-fired furnace on the island.

Hà Nội plans to install an additional 70 air monitoring stations to improve air quality, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Fish farmers in central Quảng Ngãi Province are concerned about the thousands of dead fish, which are polluting a local lake.