Shops that buy and sell imported exotic animals in HCM City have become increasingly difficult to monitor, raising risks to human and animal health, according to authorities.

Rescuing men saved four seamen and are striving to search for three others who are still missing after a fishing ship sank on the sea about 20 nautical miles far from the Cô Tô Island in the northern province of Quảng Ninh.

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.