The Mekong provinces of An Giang and Kiên Giang have worked together to efficiently use water resources, combat natural disasters and cope with their aftermath.

A 500m section of beach in Ngũ Hành Sơn district of Đà Nẵng city has been seriously eroded by uninterrupted rain and rising sea waves in the last two months.

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.