Việt Nam News

Comprehensive and effective social support is a powerful tool for increasing resilience to shocks, helping vulnerable households build and diversify their livelihoods, skills and assets in response to climate change.

Industrial waste has been piling up on several streets in HCM City, creating pollution and hurting the quality of life of local residents.

Việt Nam Association for Urban Planning and Development is suggesting to revive Kim Ngưu River by improving the river’s water quality of a 1.2-km section at first and create a public space for local residents along the riverside.

The Management Boards of the Chàm Island Marine Protected Area (MPA) and the Đồng Nai Biosphere Reserve site have agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on co-operation for information exchanges, protection of biodiversity, eco-tourism, management and sustainable development of livelihoods.

An environmental seminar entitle “Mangroves for the Future: Improving the Endurance Power of Ecosystem and Coastal Community – Sharing Knowledge And Experiences” was held on August 24 in Thạch Thất District.

Whenever it rains heavily, people in Hà Nội think about flooding, and for good reason. Flooding occurred because of high density of construction in the city’s inner districts and an improperly-managed sewage system.

HCM City is being slowly choked by plastic waste, with 60 tonnes generated every day and only 10 per cent of them recycled.

The Đồng Châu-Khe Nước Trong forest, in the central province of Quảng Bình is considered to be a region of high biodiversity that needs special preservation, however, after four years of research and discussion by experts and local authorities, the establishment of a nature reserve in the forest remains on paper.

Residents in Kiên Giang Province have asked Phú Quốc Economic Zone Management Board to take away the licence of a waste treatment centre that is causing headaches for them.

The country’s southernmost province of Cà Mau is speeding up construction of more than 4.2km of breakwater to prevent erosion and protect residential areas along its eastern coast, the province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said last Saturday.

Illegal dumping of industrial waste in Long Châu Commune of Bắc Ninh Province’s Yên Phong district has badly effected the lives and production of local people, reported online newspaper baotintuc.vn.

Students at Phụng Thượng Primary School in Hà Nội’s Phúc Thọ District have started a campaign to stop the use of bear gall by planting medicinal shrubs as a replacement.

Land subsidence caused by excessive groundwater extraction and rapid urbanisation is worsening flooding in HCM City.

The Quảng Trạch thermoelectricity plant, a project of Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN) in the central province of Quảng Bình, is seeking final agreement from governmental agencies to dump 2.5 million cubic metres of waste mud into the local sea area.

The Lào Cai Department of Natural Resources and Environment has proposed the provincial people’s committee fine three chemical enterprises for violating regulations on environmental protection.

The People’s Committee of Bình Thuận Province has ordered relevant agencies to tackle the problems arising from large quantities of wastes washing up along the Phan Thiết city coast, affecting tourism.

The number of sea turtles coming to inland areas in Núi Chúa National Park in the south-central province of Ninh Thuận has decreased, according to the national park management board.

Rain lasting an hour on Sunday evening flooded many streets in downtown Hà Nội, causing travel chaos.