Tens of thousands of tonnes of untreated garbage at Bãi Nhát landfill is contaminating the environment in Côn Đảo District, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province.

Saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta is expected to increase between April 28 and May 6 as the volume of water flowing southward from the Mekong River will decline.

One of the best solutions to keep the sky blue and lungs clean is reducing emissions from vehicles by encouraging people to use mass transit, which is cheap and easy.

Han River in Danang City is being polluted by wastewater from nearby restaurants.

The Danang City authorities have asked local departments to stop using plastic products at work and banned plastic bottles at official meetings and conferences.

It takes Vietnam both money and time to get rid of the bad status of a wildlife trafficking hub.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s latest Circular No.05/2019/TT-BCT, which will come into effect on April 25, provides a model for a power purchase agreement specifically for rooftop projects.

Police in Quang Binh Province have launched criminal proceedings against seven people suspected on involvement in a deforestation case discovered at the beginning of March in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.

Environment workers have been striving everyday for cleaning up To Lich river which was once severely polluted.

A waste treatment company in Ca Mau is seeking local authorities’ help to deal with the firm’s continual problems of discovering abandoned fetuses during the waste collection.

Future scenarios of drought in many parts of Southeast Asia may become more frequent and intense if actions are not taken now to build resilience.

A cleaning machine has been used to tidy the beaches in Danang City before the summer holiday starts.

Since May 2018, imports of scrap plastic have banned at major ports in Vietnam until further notice. In July 2018, the Vietnamese government announced it will no longer issue new license for plastic waste import.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has asked leaders of provinces and cities across the country to urgently adopt measures to prevent and fight against forest fires amid the long-lasting hot weather.

Da Nang City authorities will implement a rubbish classification plan in Hai Chau District this July and expand to other areas from September.

Non-biodegradable plastic straws have been widely used over the last century, causing the depletion of marine life in many countries, including Vietnam.

Educational institutions in several provinces and Ho Chi Minh City are encouraging their students and staff not to use single-use plastic water bottles and straws as part of the UN’s global Beat Plastic Pollution campaign.

The number of vehicles is on the steep rise in HCMC, with scooters making up a staggering 37% of exhaust emissions, said an expert at a roundtable on the environment in HCMC on April 19.

Responding to the call on social networks of a group of foreign tourists, hundreds of people voluntarily joined together to collect garbage at Quy Hòa beach in Ghềnh Ráng ward, Quy Nhơn city, Binh Dinh province. 

Heat wave has spread accross three regions of Vietnam since April 18, with highest temperatures of 35-37 degrees Celsius.