Landslides plague seaside areas

The daily lives of some 500 households have been disrupted and 600ha of protective forest lost due to landslides on the nearly 70km seashore of the Mekong Delta’s Kiên Giang Province in recent years, with climate change blamed for the landslides.

Vietnamese media lauded for role in wildlife protection

The Vietnamese media was lauded for playing an important role in promoting the protection of threatened wildlife, heard a seminar held in Hà Nội on Friday to reveal how media houses can incorporate social responsibility into their work and contribute to combatting wildlife crime.

Quảng Trị residents block seafood smells

Residents in central Quảng Trị Province’s Triệu An Commune have used steel net to block trucks carrying seafood to a local seafood processing company. The action is a protest against pollution and horrible smells coming from the company’s premises, the online Dân trí newspaper.

Regional nations hold dialogue on combating wildlife smuggling, poaching

More efforts are needed to strengthen and support collaboration among ASEAN countries and China to combat the increasing wildlife smuggling and poaching of endangered wildlife, the 4th Regional Dialogue on Combating Trafficking of Wild Fauna and Flora heard in Bangkok on Wednesday.

 

Đà Nẵng fails to comply with PM order on Sơn Trà Reserve

The administration of the central city of Đà Nẵng has failed to comply with the Prime Minister’s request for detailed plans to resolve the clash between the need to preserve the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve and the accelerated tourism development at the site, former and current officials say.

Dire need for waste treatment in Hà Nội

The chairman of the People’s Committee of Hà Nội, Nguyễn Đức Chung, has asked the department of construction to enhance supervision of waste collection units, warning that officials failing to do so would be suspended.

PM orders ravaged forest probe

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the People’s Committee of Bình Định and other authorised agencies to promptly investigate media reports of  deforestation in the central province and report back to him before October 30.

Province to rebuild land with sludge

The central province of Bình Thuận is preparing to receive sludge from the Vĩnh Tân Thermal Power Centre to reclaim land that has seen serious erosion.

Quảng Nam failing to treat waste properly

Solid waste produced by the central province of Quảng Nam has risen in recent years but the province lacks high capacity waste treatment systems, according to the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DoNRE).

Đà Lạt City wins ASEAN Environmental Award

 The central highland city of Đà Lạt in Lâm Đồng Province will be Việt Nam’s representative to receive the fourth ASEAN Environmentally Sustainable City at the fifteenth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment.

HCM City to fund sorting of rubbish

Every commune or ward in HCM City will be allocated VNĐ500 million (US$21,929) this year towards addressing a funding shortage for sorting waste before it is treated.

Mining companies fail to perform environmental rehabilitation

At the peak of the ‘mining fever’, Quỳ Hợp District in the central province Nghệ An had hundreds of sites operational. Now, due to high production costs and consumption difficulties, many mining companies have shut down—leaving behind tremendous environmental damage.

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