Việt Nam News

Super Typhoon Mangkhut, the strongest typhoon so far this year, is predicted to hit the northern mainland on Monday morning and bring heavy downpours and strong winds to 27 northern and north central localities.

Up to four thousand people in Quảng Trạch Commune in Thanh Hóa Province have been suffering severe environmental pollution, reported online newspaper dantri.com.vn.

From its creation through its rise in the 1990’s, the world has embraced plastic as an affordable and versatile material. By the time its impact on the environment and our marine ecosystems became clear, plastic had conquered the world marketplace.

Heavy rain has been blamed for a breach at a gypsum sludge reservoir in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai on September 7.

Due to excessive exploitation and extreme weather conditions, Ninh Thuận Province has stepped up efforts to preserve over 1,000 medicinal plants, 24 of which are endemic and have high economic value.

After days of heavy rain and flooding, serious erosion was discovered near Nậm Mô Hydropower Plant in Nghệ An Province, reported online newspaper vietnamplus.vn.

Illegal gold mining in the Kim Hỷ Nature Reserve in the northern province of Bắc Kạn continues to be a puzzle for authorities despite their best efforts to put an end to the activity.

A waste pond connected to a DAP fertiliser factory in the northern province was compromised late last week and over 45,000 cu.m of mud and untreated chemical-filled wastewater flooded nearby neighbourhoods following torrential rain.

The Cái Lớn – Cái Bé irrigation project, which will connect the Cái Lớn River to Cái Bé River in the Mekong Delta region, faces opposition from scientists.

The Ministry of Finance is proposing a sweeping ban on the export of raw minerals, a move that would indicate an escalation of the Government’s generally negative stance on a practice that generates little value while causing environmental devastation.

Piles of trash have been washed up on the large stretches of the two beaches in northern Quảng Ninh and central Nghệ An provinces, causing disappointment for tourists and blocking vessels from approaching the shore.

Hundreds of households in Phú Mỹ Town in southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province have been suffering from losses caused by floods as a consequence of broken Giao Kèo dam on Monday.

The Khánh Hòa Province People’s Committee has approved a fisheries development plan for the period until 2025 focusing on modernising the sector.

Floods and landslides in northern mountainous and central provinces have killed 15 people and left four missing, along with heavy losses in property, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

The central city of Đà Nẵng was awarded the title National Capital of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s One Planet City Challenge 2018 programme in a ceremony on Friday, making it the only city in Việt Nam to join a list of 21 cities around the world for the final round of the global award.

Air pollution in HCM City caused by vehicles has become even more serious than the level of pollution emitted by industrial zones, environmental experts say.

Việt Nam is strengthening its cooperation with international organisations in protecting endangered species, an official said.

Ongoing heavy rain since early this week has caused damage in northern provinces.