The Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng will carry out an action programme for sustainable forest management in its two coastal districts under the project “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” (REDD+).

The number of forestry law violations in the first four months of 2018 declined by 31 per cent from last year to 4,226, reported the Việt Nam Administration of Forestry.

HCM City generates nearly 2,000 tonnes of construction waste each day, but only a minimal amount is collected and treated while the remaining amount is dumped or freely transferred without official oversight, according to the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has ordered ministries and the people’s committee to tighten control over sand and gravel exploitation to manage agricultural land and protect forests.

Noise pollution is worsening in HCM city, posing health risks and contributing to social disorder.

Mineral exploitation on one hand has made certain contributions to economic development of northern mountainous Hà Giang Province over the past years but has left serious corollary to the environment and social life of local people due to poor management, the Vietnam News Agency reports.  

The central province, in co-operation with the Centre of Biodiversity Conservation, GreenViet, began an urgent conservation project for two herds of gray-shanked douc langurs (pygathrix cinerea) in a forest of Núi Thành District’s Tam Mỹ Tây Commune.

HCM City is now treating hazardous medical and industrial waste by high-tech methods at two plants,, but by 2020 the city will need additional plant capacity as well as more private investment when public funding runs out. 

The southernmost province of Cà Mau is taking preventive measures to manage pollution hotspots at industrial zones and clusters, intensive shrimp-farming establishments, and aquaculture processing facilities.