With tonnes of waste discarded directly into fields, lakes and ponds or dumped on roadsides for years, the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc has a serious pollution problem.

Despite positive reports from authorities on the steady increase of the national forest cover, the size of the country’s protected forest is in fact decreasing at an alarming rate, experts said.

Forest rangers in central Quảng Bình Province on Wednesday detained a man caught carrying two stripe-headed black langurs (Trachypithecus hatinhensis), an endangered species listed by International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Concerted efforts are needed to enhance cooperation between the governments of Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar, Thailand, Việt Nam and the US in a number of areas, including education, energy security, food security, agriculture and health, Trần Quang Hoài, director general of the Directorate of Disaster Management under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said.

Total forest plantation in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk until the middle of last month reached 824ha, making up only 43 per cent of the year’s plan, according to the latest report of the provincial People’s Committee.

The rescuing centre in Bạch Mã National Park has received a rare wild cat following efforts by a resident of central Thừa Thiên- Huế Province.

Five years after a national green growth strategy was approved, there is still a lack of understanding, particularly at provincial levels, about incorporating it into local development plans.

Despite billions of đồng spent on wastewater treatment facilities, many projects are still incomplete and wastewater pollution remains a huge problem.

 Having halted mud dumping plan for strict assessment on environment impact in the coastal of Tịnh Khê commune, the central province of Quảng Ngãi has eventually allowed the Northern Việt Nam Maritime Safety  Corporation (VMS North) to bury in an assigned location 7.5km off the coast of Mỹ Khê beach.