Việt Nam News

Output and yields of major farming produce of Việt Nam - such as coffee, pepper and cashewnuts - have been affected by the prolonged drought, making businesses to worry about shortages of farming produce for processing and export in the near future, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Some 10ha of forest in U Minh Hạ National Park in the southernmost Cà Mau Province was destroyed by a fire that broke out yesterday afternoon and lasted until 2am.

The information on mercury pollution in the air in Hà Nội, which would cause serious harms to people’s health, was inaccurate and caused public panic, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment announced on April26, 2016.

The Biodiversity Conservation Centre, GreenViet, has launched a communication campaign to protect the red-shanked douc langur (Pygathryx nemaeus) in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve in this city.

On average, seven or eight out of every 10 deaths have stemmed from cancer in recent years in villages in the northern Bắc Giang Province.

Heavy lorries carrying stones have been driving around the clock and making a terrible and dusty environment in Phú Mẫn Commune, in Hà Nội’s Quốc Oai district.

Heavy rain has drenched much of the northern province of Quảng Ninh yesterday, forcing local authorities to relocate residents from areas in risk of flood and landslide.

The People’s Committee of HCM City has granted an investment licence to the Trungnam Group to implement the first phase of a flood-prevention project worth VNĐ10 trillion (US$446.42 million).

Police and customs officers yesterday recovered two suitcases containing elephant tusks and ivories at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued a directive providing technical know-how for coffee and pepper growers in the Central Highlands and Southeast regions to combat the prolonged drought in these areas.

“It is an abnormal phenomenon,” Hoàng Dương Tùng, deputy head of the Việt Nam  Environment Administration, said yesterday regarding a mass fish kill discovered earlier this month along the country’s central coast, causing concern among local people.

The worst drought ever recorded in Việt Nam has prompted the government and the public to brainstorm strategies on using water sources intelligently for food security and poverty reduction.

Fire damaged a 5ha log farm near Bà Nà-Núi Chúa Nature Reserve in Hoà Vang District, 25km away from  the central city’s centre yesterday, the city's forest management department said.

Scientists and environmentalists across the country have raised their voice to strongly oppose the construction of the Đrang Phôk Hydropower Plant at the end of this year in the Central Highlands Đắk Lắk Province’s Krông Na Commune.

A national meeting to celebrate World Environment Day on June 5 is scheduled to be held in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai.

“The first-priority mission in coping with climate change now should be ensuring enough fresh water for residents,” said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, also Chairman of the National Committee on Climate Change at its 7^th session yesterday in Hà Nội.

Experts have proposed using the Nhiêu Lộc – Thị Nghè Canal as a reservoir to regulate water as urban floods have become more serious during the rainy season in HCM City.

Oysters are raised in millions of recycled rubber tyres in Lăng Cô Town, Phú Lộc District, in the central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, posing risks to water and consumer health, Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.