As many as 140 hectares of forest will be planted in the U Minh Thuong National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang this year, while various measures will be carried out to preserve biodiversity in the park.

 Fossil fuel power plants have no choice but find market to sell their coal residues, said experts at a meeting held today in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

Nguy Thi Khanh, director of Viet Nam’s GreenID, features on the newly-published list of seven winners of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize - the world’s largest award for grassroots environmental activists. 

 Students from six universities in Ho Chi Minh City show their creativeness in their designs on the theme of traffic safety at the Safe Style Fashion Show.

 Land-based solutions are urgently needed to address the leakage of plastic waste into the ocean and other waterways, experts said on Thursday at a workshop held in HCM City.

 Vietnam is reviewing and updating the country’s carbon emission target to better comply with the Paris agreement on climate change and prepare for the global assessment later this year.

 A herd of red-crowned cranes returned to the Phu My Reserve in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, said reserve director Nguyen Phong Van yesterday.

 The water of Hoan Kiem Lake has turned a strange colour in recent days due to the impact of a kind of poisonous algae.

 US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Mary Tarnowka has called for actions to improve public awareness of plastic waste as well as measures to reduce and recycle plastic waste. 

Chin Well Fasteners Vietnam Company in Hiep Phuoc Commune, Nhon Trach District, was fined VNĐ3.5 billion (US$154,000) for releasing untreated wastewater and directly burying 1,600 tonnes of contaminated waste.

 A workshop took place in Hanoi on April 18 to review and update Vietnam’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

 The State-owned Hanoi Sewage and Drainage One Member Limited Company said it has released green algae into Hoan Kiem Lake to revive the unique green colour of the lake.

 Vietnamese and French localities have signed a cooperation agreement on managing and developing geoparks after Vietnam’s Non Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark in Cao Bang province was named a UNESCO global geopark on April 12. 

Binh Dinh’s authorities are sealing off the factory of loss-making Binh Dinh Sugar JSC, in which India-based NIVL JSC holds 97 per cent, for causing serious environmental pollution.

The commitment was confirmed by Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha at the Korea-Vietnam Environmental Cooperation Forum 2018 on April 16 at Hanoi’s Daewoo Hotel.

 Da Loc Commune protective coastal forest in Thanh Hoa Province has become a huge dumping site as large amounts of rubbish are being washed up on the beach. 

Prolonged heat in the southernmost province of Ca Mau has exposed 43,000 hectares of cajeput forest in U Minh Ha National Park to high risk of forest fires, according to the local forest protection sub-department.

 People in Hanoi’s Bac Tu Liem and Tay Ho districts have been living with a seriously-polluted river for many years, but the local authorities have seemed to ignore the problem.

 A rubbish dump in Phu Quoc Island’s An Thoi Town is severely over capacity and polluting the surrounding neighbourhood.

 Of Nghe An’s 124 sand exploitation locations, 101 are unlicensed.