Châu Trần Vĩnh, deputy head of the Department of Water Resources Management under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment talks to Vietnam News Agency about how to sustainably manage water resources while climate change has triggered drought and salinity intrusion for coastal plains as well as seriously affected the daily lives of local people.
Green urban planning in HCM City’s inner districts should be based on a long-term vision to avoid wastage of land, reduce pollution and improve people’s living standards, a top city leader has said.
Central Việt Nam's first forest school has been launched in Sơn Trà Nature Reserve to provide an outdoor education site for school students in the central city of Đà Nẵng.
Salinity and droughts will come earlier and be more severe in the 2019-20 dry season than the previous year in the Mekong Delta, according to Hoàng Phúc Lâm, Vice Director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
Southern localities affected by typhoon Wipha, have taken drastic measures to ensure the safety of people living in high risk areas.
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta will not have early or intense flooding in its upper parts this year because of the low water level in the Mekong River, according to the National Centre of Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting.
The An Giang People’s Committee has declared a state of emergency due to land erosion along the Ông Chưởng River in Chợ Mới District.
The 2.5-tonne whale reportedly suffered from multiple bleeding wounds and was already dead when it was found.
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