Việt Nam News

TRAFFIC and Đom Đóm -- the hub for experimental music & art -- yesterday opened an art exhibition titled "Gravity" at the Hà Nội Old Quarter Cultural Exchange Centre in Hà Nội.

Up to 500 youth of Cát Hải Island District in the northern port city of Hải Phòng participated in a coastal cleanup campaign on Cát Bà Island yesterday morning.

The appearance of a large sinkhole in Cẩm Phả City in northeastern Quảng Ninh Province is due to natural land movement, according to the Institute of Geological Sciences.

Following increasing criticism of Việt Nam’s failure to crack down on wildlife crime, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc issued a new directive earlier this month  instructing authorities and law enforcement agencies across the country to take urgent measures to combat the illegal trade in wildlife.

Many islets in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, where thousands of families live, are also expected to vanish because of serious erosion.

Pollution in HCM City canals is worsening as large quantities of  household and industrial wastewater, as well as rubbish, are being discharged or dumped into city canals, according to  the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Months after the Formosa toxic spill, many types of seafood bred at fishing farms in the four central provinces affected by the incident or caught within 20 nautical miles of the shore are now deemed safe for consumption, a joint ministerial study has concluded.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) yesterday confirmed it did not grant Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Hà Tĩnh Steel Corporation permission for importing “bauxite mud” from China.

The HCM City government has ordered the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to take measures to curb environmental pollution.

The Save Việt Nam’s Wildlife and Hà Nội Wildlife Rescue Centre released 33 Sunda pangolins (Manis javanica) at an undisclosed secure site yesterday.

The People’s Committee of Đắk Nông Province has fined a paper business VNĐ440 million (US$19,720) for polluting the surrounding environment.

The threat of landslides, particularly during the rainy and stormy seasons has concerned residents who live along the west bank of the Hồng (Red) River in Hà Nội.

The blooming of algae, resulting in the red tide phenomenon, is the main cause behind mass fish deaths reported last week in central Thanh Hóa Province, the provincial People’s Committee said yesterday.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà yesterday ordered the Taiwanese Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Hà Tĩnh Steel Company to raise fish in its tank containing treated wastewater.

Trấn Yên Paper Mill in the northern mountainous province of Yên Bái continues to cause environmental pollution by producing paper, after disregarding the provincial authority’s ban to suspend its operations.

As many as 35,000 poor households in the rural areas of five provinces will gain access to hygienic sanitation by building new latrines at their houses over the next two years, a conference heard yesterday.

Climate change has gained recognition as an imminent danger, but the threat to existing fresh water resources requires more immediate attention.

Việt Nam is urged to strengthen the role of women in climate change adaptation and natural disaster risk management, heard a roundtable workshop held yesterday in Hà Nội.