Nearly 10,500 hectares of natural forest in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Đắk Lắk have been illegally destroyed since 2015, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bến Tre has received VNĐ140 billion (US$6.3 million) from the Government to repair two embankments to prevent landslides along rivers and upgrade another on the coast.

Plastic waste is a resource that needs to be collected, sorted and recycled. Plastic waste was a big problem and the country was working on a plan to handle it, said a representative from the Ministry of Construction. 

Minh Hằng, a resident of Hà Nội’s Cầu Giấy District, carries four to five plastic bags home from the market every day. Like Hằng, many Vietnamese people are accustomed to getting new single-use bags each time they shop.

More breakthrough solutions are needed to help farmers in the Mekong Delta cope with unpredictable water levels, according to experts.

The Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park in the central province of Quảng Bình has released 11 rare animals back into the wild following attempts of rescuing and rehabilitating them.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau is speeding up the process of planting 500ha of new forests, and wants to complete the task this year.

Forty families in Tìa Dình C Hamlet in Tìa Dình Commune, the northern province of Điện Biên, are living in fear of landslides as cracks have appeared and expanded in the ground surrounding their homes.

The Việt Nam Maritime Administration has ordered all seaport management agencies to quickly deal with the huge backlog of imported scrap containers across the country.