Việt Nam News

Hundreds of hectares of rice have been destroyed by mice, with as much as 90 per cent damaged in some fields, in Kiên Giang Province’s Giang Thành District.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered the People’s Committee of Central Highlands province of Kon Tum to continue investigation into deforestation and illegal timber transportation in the province.

Five hundred households in Đông Ao and Mỹ Tho communes in the northern province of Hà Nam’s Thanh Thủy District claimed that they have been suffering serious environmental pollution for many years.

The Centre of Biodiversity Conservation (GreenViet), in co-operation with US-based San Diego Zoo Global and the management board of Bà Nà-Núi Chúa Nature Reserve, has begun a wildlife supervision programme by setting up 20 camera traps across the 28,000ha reserve.

A copper mining company in the northern Hòa Bình Province faces a fine of VNĐ320 million (US$14,200) for polluting a stream, leading to mass fish deaths in its neighbourhood in early July.

Some three tonnes of dead fish have been collected from lakes and dams in this central province’s Tân Kỳ District over the last few days, according to a local official.

Police and local authorities in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng are hunting for the leader of a large illegal logging ring in Bảo Lâm District.

Local residents in Hớn Quản District’s Tân Hiệp Commune in Bình Phước province reported a mass fish death stretching several kilometres upstream of Sài Gòn River last weekend.

The Fundamental Science and Society workshop, which gathered hundreds of notable scientists from around the world, wrapped up in Quy Nhơn City yesterday.

The People's Committee of Nha Trang City will take over more than 17,700 sq.m of land of 64 households to fence off Đắc Lộc Industrial Zone from the residential area to prevent the dust, noise and horrible smell from Khánh Hòa Khatoco Tobacco Factory from affecting households living nearby.

The Environment General Department working with relevant agencies will inspect the violation of environment law on protection and minerals by Á Cường Minerals Joint Stock Company in Bắc Giang.

Local authorities, enterprises and communities in northern Quảng Ninh Province and Hải Phòng City must strengthen co-operation to protect the environment in Hạ Long Bay, a conference heard yesterday.

Thousands of dead fish and shrimp have been found in the upper section of Màn Stream, the main stream flowing into the Đà River in the northern Hòa Bình Province.

People dumping waste on the roadsides and public areas in the districts of Hoàn Kiếm, Ba Đình, and Hai Bà Trưng will be strictly fined, a Hà Nội authority said.

Hà Nội’s plan to beautify its major streets with flamboyant trees in an attempt to have an eco-friendly image was met with mixed reactions from environmentalists and biologists.

TRAFFIC and Intelligentmedia have launched the second phase of its Chí (Strength of Will) initiative, with updated messages and images that continue its mission to instill a zero-tolerance attitude towards rhino-horn consumption.

Staff at the Láng Sen Wetland Reserve, the Ramsar site in Đồng Tháp Mười (plain of reeds) in southern Long An Province, has just caught some lù đù fish (Sciaenidae).

Authorities in Biên Hoà, the capital of Đồng Nai Province, must ensure canals and streams are dredged by next month to prevent flooding, the province Party Secretary has said.