Environment

Total forest plantation in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk until the middle of last month reached 824ha, making up only 43 per cent of the yearly plan, according to latest report of the provincial People’s Committee. Nguyễn Hoài Dương, director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural …

The rescuing centre in Bạch Mã National Park has received a rare wild cat following efforts by a resident of central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province. Earlier last weekend, Hoàng Anh Tuấn, a local in the province’s municipal Huế City, discovered the cat in a home cage when he was passing by …

The central province of Quảng Ngãi has lifted its temporary suspension and decided to allow the dumping of dredged mud off the coast of Mỹ Khê Beach. Local authorities say that a revised environmental impact assessment has been accepted by relevant central and local agencies including the Transport Ministry. The …

Local fishery authorities in central Thừa Thiên- Huế Province believe that fresh water from the recent floods was the main cause of en mass fish deaths. The deaths of 101 tonnes of bracket water fish, breeding in coastal floating cages, occurred since Monday in the province’s coastal Phú Lộc District, …

“We woke up from a noon nap to find part of the village’s main road gone!” Võ Đại Lựa, a resident of Thừa Thiên- Huế Province’s La Khê Trẹm Village, spoke with a mixture of amazement and fear. “We later recognised a large eroded site, with only the tops of …

Authorities in the southernmost Cà Mau Province have taken emergency measures to protect coastal forests against climate change and destruction caused by humans. Meteorologists have warned that climate change would cause large areas of forests along the coast to disappear ever year. According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural …

Afforestation and timber trade campaigns are among various events that will be held across Việt Nam to highlight co-operation between Việt Nam and Finland and particularly to celebrate 100 years of Finland’s independence, which falls on December 6. The events include a workshop on forestation being held on Friday by …

The dyke at Vĩnh Bình Commune in Chợ Lách District is being strengthened. Four houses were swept away and  seven others had to evacuate after a riverside bank collapsed on Monday evening in Vĩnh Bình Commune in the Mekong Delta Province  of Bến Tre. The landslide stretched for 350 metres …

Police in the northern mountain province of Bắc Kạn are investigating the case of illegal hazardous dumping. Police in the northern mountain province of Bắc Kạn have detained a truck driver to investigate the pouring of hazardous industrial waste in Chợ Mới’s District’s Yên Đĩnh Commune. The driver, Phùng Xuân …

Red waste water from Hương Quỳnh Đăng Joint Stock Company, specialising in producing pork meat for export, is discharged to a section of a ditch and then to Luộc River in the northern province of Hải Dương. Many households in Ninh Giang Township, in the northern province of Hải Dương, …