Fewer new pollution hotspots have been found in Việt Nam in the past few years, but vigilance is needed to control potential risks, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Việt Nam Environment Administration has said.

A lonely pine tree on a hillside in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng that become a tourist hotspot is no longer free to visit, a change that has drawn criticism from tourists and locals alike.

The Cà Mau City Waste Treatment Plant reopened after six months of maintenance, said Nguyễn Đức Thánh, chief of the Cà Mau Province People’s Committee secretariat on Sunday.

A short story by Hồ Anh Thái

Scientific and technological advances stimulate demand for newer models of electrical and electronic products and disposal of outdated ones, which require proper recycling.

Residents living around Nam Sơn dumping ground in Sóc Sơn District stopped blocking garbage trucks attempting to carry waste to the dump on Monday evening.

Rubbish piled up on the streets and near apartment buildings in Hà Nội’s inner districts over the weekend.

 Students at secondary schools in HCM City are encouraging their peers and adults to classify garbage before it is recycled.

Huế City in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế received 20 smart rubbish bins from tyre manufacturer Bridgestone on Monday.

Artist Lương Xuân Đoàn, deputy-head of the Việt Nam Fine Arts Association, shares his opinion about murals in Hà Nội.