Việt Nam News

Government officials urged businesses to achieve sustainable development goals and come up with practical plans at a seminar about environmental protection held on June 5 in Vũng Tàu City.

A VNĐ473 billion (US$21 million) flood-prevention project in HCM City’s Bình Thạnh District will be implemented in the period of 2017-2018, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

The central province of Phú Yên has restarted construction of a solid garbage treatment plant in Hòa Kiến and An Phú communes of Tuy Hòa city after a three-year delay.

The VNĐ3.3 trillion (US$143.5 million) Cái Lớn-Cái Bé dual sluice project aims to control saline intrusion and adapt to climate change in Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta Province of Kiên Giang. However, experts, managers and residents are uncertain about its impact.

A fishing village has been illegally expanding on the La Ngà River in Đồng Nai Province’s Định Quán District and polluting it despite the local authorities’ prevention efforts, the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.

Hungary will share its experience with Hà Nội to help remove oil and grease from water and purify the city’s lakes, Kovacs Karoly, president of Hungarian Water Association, said.

The Đức Tài Investment and Construction Joint-stock Company exploited limestone in the central province of Thanh Hóa during the past two years without any environmental protection measures seriously affecting local residents’ lives.

As many as 1,625 people has engaged in the Hạ Long-Cát Bà Alliance and 109 people have benefited from sustainable management and conservation of the resources with the project’s support.

Shrimp breeders in Sông Cầu Township, Phú Yên Province have strongly opposed a local seafood processing factory’s discharge of untreated wastewater into Xuân Đài Bay, recently causing mass shrimp death.

Đà Nẵng City Tourism Association insisted at a talk on Sơn Trà Peninsual tourism development on Tuesday morning that no more hotels or any kind of construction should be built on the peninsula to preserve its environment and biodiversity.

The People’s Committee of Khánh Hòa Province has imposed a fine of VNĐ3 billion (US$133,000) on Khánh Hòa Sugar Company Ltd. for violating environmental laws and contaminating lagoon water.

A summer youth volunteer campaign and a beach-cleaning activity were launched on Sunday in the central Thanh Hóa Province, to observe World Environment Day 2017 (June 5).

By August end, any activity related to implementation of the Sơn Trà National Tourism Site Development plan or construction on the Sơn Trà Peninsula in Đà Nẵng City must be suspended. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam on Sunday.

A ban on sand mining in the area of Thu Bồn River's Cửa Đại estuary and Hội An’s beaches may help save Cửa Đại Beach from worsening erosion.

HCM City authorities will carry out regular checks of housing projects to ensure they have the stipulated green areas, with a focus on large projects already occupied by residents.

With its rapid industrialisation and population growth, Việt Nam produces more than 15 million tonnes of waste a year, including 4.7 million tonnes of solid industrial waste, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

One morning by the end of April, Nguyễn Văn Phú, a local in Nguyên Khê Commune, Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District woke up shocking to find that fish being raised in Nguyên Khê Lagoon died en mass.

Representatives from different Vietnamese enterprises committed to fulfill their responsibility to protect wildlife at a workshop held on Wednesday in Hà Nội.