Fruit farmers in Bình Phước Province’s Bù Đốp District have struck it rich, especially those growing citrus like grapefruits and sweet mandarin, whose prices are high now.

The morning glory plants stood unharvested.

Considering how popular a green vegetable this is across the length and breadth of Vietnam, it was strange that farmer Nguyễn Mạnh Hồng could not be bothered to cut and sell them.

HCM City authorities have submitted a new housing plan to the city’s People’s Council to ensure that new housing projects follow plans designed to improve city landscapes and residents’ quality of life.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bạc Liêu plans to attract 1.6 million tourists by the end of the year, including 41,000 international tourists.

The Bến Tre Province authority has requested VND250 billion from the central government to build a revetment along Mỏ Cày Nam District’s Mỏ Cày riverbank to combat bank erosion, according to Cao Văn Trọng, chairman of Bến Tre People’s Committee.

Nearly 500 plants from five species were planted on July 14 on 10,000 hectares of a forest in Đồng Nai Biosphere Reserve, recognised in 2011 by UNESCO as one of eight biosphere reserves in Viet Nam.

The central province of Quảng Ngãi has allocated funds of VNĐ42 billion to support ecosystem recovery and biodiversity supervision as well as strengthening the protection of the Lý Sơn Marine Protected Area (MPA) for the 2018-22 period.

HCM City plans to focus on the four key areas of exports, logistics, exhibitions and fairs, and wholesale and retail activities, according to Nguyễn Huỳnh Trang, deputy director of the Department of Industry and Trade..

Đà Nẵng has been given the title of National Green City 2017-18 by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s One Planet City Challenge programme, making it onto a list of 21 cities from around the world.