The Đồng Châu-Khe Nước Trong forest, in the central province of Quảng Bình is considered to be a region of high biodiversity that needs special preservation, however, after four years of research and discussion by experts and local authorities, the establishment of a nature reserve in the forest remains on paper.
Illegal dumping of industrial waste in Long Châu Commune of Bắc Ninh Province’s Yên Phong district has badly effected the lives and production of local people, reported online newspaper baotintuc.vn.
Students at Phụng Thượng Primary School in Hà Nội’s Phúc Thọ District have started a campaign to stop the use of bear gall by planting medicinal shrubs as a replacement.
Land subsidence caused by excessive groundwater extraction and rapid urbanisation is worsening flooding in HCM City.
The Quảng Trạch thermoelectricity plant, a project of Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN) in the central province of Quảng Bình, is seeking final agreement from governmental agencies to dump 2.5 million cubic metres of waste mud into the local sea area.
The Lào Cai Department of Natural Resources and Environment has proposed the provincial people’s committee fine three chemical enterprises for violating regulations on environmental protection.
The People’s Committee of Bình Thuận Province has ordered relevant agencies to tackle the problems arising from large quantities of wastes washing up along the Phan Thiết city coast, affecting tourism.
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Rain lasting an hour on Sunday evening flooded many streets in downtown Hà Nội, causing travel chaos.
The Chư Mom Ray National Park received a pig-tailed macaque (macaca leonina species), recognised as a rare species, which was handed over voluntarily by a local resident, director of the national park Võ Sỹ Chung confirmed with the online newspaper baokontum on Thursday.
Elephants in Đồng Nai are destroying crop fields and damaging farmers’ buildings – despite a 50-kilometre electric fence built to keep them out.
Đồng Nai People’s Committee has fined a Malaysian company subsidiary VNĐ9.7 billion (US$415,232) for illegal waste burial.
Residents of Vũ Hội Commune in Vũ Thư District of northern Thái Bình Province have to pass a large rubbish dump to get to the communal clinic. The pile, high as a person’s head, is located just 100 metres from the clinic and the primary and secondary schools of the commune.
Farmers in Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces are struggling to fight floodwaters caused by heavy rains, rising tides and water released in the wake of a dam breach in Laos.
The number of gaurs living in Ja Book Valley has been declining over the last 20 years as the grasslands where they used to roam have slowly been replaced by forests.
The amount of silt and sediment flowing down the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has been decreasing, while the erosion of riverbanks and coastlines around the area is becoming more serious.
Violations on environmental protection regulations and illegal import of scrap into Việt Nam must be investigated and strictly punished to avoid being repeated.
Proper management of water and fires at the Tràm Chim National Park in Đồng Tháp Province holds the key to preserving the Ramsar site’s eco-system, experts have said.
The HCM City People’s Committee has petitioned the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to restrict the granting of new licences to exploit groundwater.
The Greater Mekong region, once the world’s most densely forested area, has lost a third of its natural forest cover and will lose another third by 2030 unless action is taken immediately, according to a new World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) report said.
