Việt Nam News

Hà Nội is calling for investment in wastewater treatment projects from 2016 to 2020 in a bid to protect the environment for sustainable development.

Water in a 10ha reservoir in southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province’s Tân Hải Commune has turned red and has a terrible smell.

Emissions from Tứ Đỉnh Joint Stock Company’s metallurgy plant have destroyed around 200 hectares of pineapple and other crops in the northern Lào Cai Province’s Mường Khương District, authorities said.

The average water level of many parts of the Hồng (Red) river has remarkably reduced in recent years, badly affecting agricultural production and the living conditions of residents in the northern low-land and midland areas.

The southern Đồng Nai Province’s transport department on Thursday ordered four sand mining and dredging projects in the region to suspend operations.

Đà Nẵng needs to invest in its tap water supply system, especially in remote areas, to effectively limit the rampant and rapid exploitation of underground water, experts have said.

So far, this month, the northern mountainous province authorities have detained 56 people allegedly involved in the destruction of 18.6 hectares of forest, mostly in order to grow crops, Vietnam News Agency reported.

At midnight yesterday in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, rangers and police has intercepted an illegal logging and timber smuggling operation in a protection forest, Nhân Dân (People) newspaper reported.

The local police of central Nghệ An Province have seized five frozen tigers after conducting a raid on a resident’s house in Diễn Châu District on Monday morning

Environmental services co-operatives have been operating for years in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc, providing a cleaner living environment for residents.

Nghệ An Province authorities have asked the police to investigate the operation process and the obedience of environmental protection regulation of Suối Bắc Tin Mining Enterprises, relating to the breach of its tailing pond resulting in the polluting of rivers and causing mass fish death, an official said.

Air pollution in the capital city, which has been bad since last Tuesday, is so severe now that health experts have warned people to stay indoors.

Weather experts expect the southern region to  experience less drought and salinity and more unseasonal rain during this year’s dry season.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has requested the establishment of four inspection teams to examine the compensation for residents who were affected by the marine environment incident in the central provinces of Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên-Huế last year.

The Tây Ninh Forest Protection Department is working with the Dầu Tiếng Protective Forest Management Board to conduct an investigation into the poisoning of hundreds of forest trees.

Vietnamese and international scientists gathered at a conference in south-central Bình Định Province yesterday to discuss environmental issues as well as share research results and environment management experience.

Reddish streaks have reappeared in Hà Tĩnh and they puzzle environment authorities as they gave different testing results for similar streaks in the same area.

Dr Lê Anh Tuấn, deputy director of the Research Institute for Climate Change at Cần Thơ University, speaks to Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper about the negative impact of climate change.