Tiền Giang Province has developed new agricultural production models that provide farmers with a reliable income to cope with climate change in its eastern districts and Gò Công Town.

Developing flood-based agriculture models, ditching intensive shrimp farming for integrated farming could be key for the Mekong Delta to cope with the threat of climate change.

All households and commercial establishments in HCM City have to segregate their solid waste at source into organic and other wastes from today (November 24).

Once the second most important port in central Hà Tĩnh Province, Xuân Hải Port in Nghi Xuân District is seeing a significant decrease in their business due to river sedimentation.

Residential planning excluding the flood drainage corridor and abnormal torrential rains are blamed for causing the deaths of 16 people last weekend in the south central coastal province of Khánh Hoà’s Nha Trang City.

The Forest Protection Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has been conducting an investigation into the trafficking of big-headed turtles (Platysternon megacephalum) in the Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp, Vietnam News Agency reported on Thursday.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Quảng Ngãi Province has said the 15 million cubic metres of dredged sand and soil recently dumped into the sea area was a legal activity and had not caused pollution.

Sixteen endangered sea turtles weighing nearly 190 kilogrammes in total were found on Tuesday at Võ Thị Xuân’s seafood wholesale facility in Hòn Thơm District, Phú Quốc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kiên Giang, online news outlet zing.vn reported.

Forest rangers in the central provinces of Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên-Huế are investigating cases of wild animal trafficking, which is prohibited by Vietnamese law.