Việt Nam News

The Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park in the central province of Quảng Bình has rescued a pig-tailed macaque, which is listed as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Despite great efforts taken by HCM City authorities to fight flooding, many flood-control projects have been delayed by administrative procedures.

Around 80 volunteers took part in World Cleanup Day organised by Việt Nam Sạch Và Xanh (Việt Nam Clean and Green), cleaning streets in HCM City’s District 7 of trash on September 15.

The northern province’s authorities are urging local police to expedite their investigation into a waste pond failure incident a week ago at a fertiliser factory in the province.

Super Typhoon Mangkhut, the strongest typhoon so far this year, is predicted to hit the northern mainland on Monday morning and bring heavy downpours and strong winds to 27 northern and north central localities.

Up to four thousand people in Quảng Trạch Commune in Thanh Hóa Province have been suffering severe environmental pollution, reported online newspaper dantri.com.vn.

From its creation through its rise in the 1990’s, the world has embraced plastic as an affordable and versatile material. By the time its impact on the environment and our marine ecosystems became clear, plastic had conquered the world marketplace.

Heavy rain has been blamed for a breach at a gypsum sludge reservoir in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai on September 7.

Due to excessive exploitation and extreme weather conditions, Ninh Thuận Province has stepped up efforts to preserve over 1,000 medicinal plants, 24 of which are endemic and have high economic value.

After days of heavy rain and flooding, serious erosion was discovered near Nậm Mô Hydropower Plant in Nghệ An Province, reported online newspaper vietnamplus.vn.

Illegal gold mining in the Kim Hỷ Nature Reserve in the northern province of Bắc Kạn continues to be a puzzle for authorities despite their best efforts to put an end to the activity.

A waste pond connected to a DAP fertiliser factory in the northern province was compromised late last week and over 45,000 cu.m of mud and untreated chemical-filled wastewater flooded nearby neighbourhoods following torrential rain.

The Cái Lớn – Cái Bé irrigation project, which will connect the Cái Lớn River to Cái Bé River in the Mekong Delta region, faces opposition from scientists.

The Ministry of Finance is proposing a sweeping ban on the export of raw minerals, a move that would indicate an escalation of the Government’s generally negative stance on a practice that generates little value while causing environmental devastation.

Piles of trash have been washed up on the large stretches of the two beaches in northern Quảng Ninh and central Nghệ An provinces, causing disappointment for tourists and blocking vessels from approaching the shore.

Hundreds of households in Phú Mỹ Town in southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province have been suffering from losses caused by floods as a consequence of broken Giao Kèo dam on Monday.

The Khánh Hòa Province People’s Committee has approved a fisheries development plan for the period until 2025 focusing on modernising the sector.

Floods and landslides in northern mountainous and central provinces have killed 15 people and left four missing, along with heavy losses in property, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.