The landfill in Thanh Hoa Province’s Sam Son Town has become overloaded for many years, affecting the lives of local people and polluting Sam Son Beach.

 The Hanoi Forest Protection Department, in coordination with World Animal Protection, has recently completed a re-micro-chipping of over 200 captive bears on farms in Hanoi.

 Complaints have continued about the waste water discharged directly onto Danang City’s beaches.

 A Tibetan bear was rescued by the Asian Animal Foundation after being transferred by a bear breeder in the nothern mountainous province of Lai Chau.

 The Forest Ranger Sub-department of southern Dong Nai province has completed a project to protect the black-shanked douc langurs found recently on Chua Chan mountain, in Xuan Loc district.

 Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An Town has been restored and attracted many visitors after three years being ravaged by erosion.

 Local authorities in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh will try and enforce and end to destructive fishing practices.

The fast-growing tourist development coupled with thousands of fishing vessels operating off its coast has resulted in large amounts of rubbish being dumped into the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ha Long Bay.

A section of My Khe Beach in Da Nang, considered one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in Viet Nam, has been heavily polluted by untreated waste water illegally discharged from a construction project.

 Vietnam should develop renewable energy sources in a timely manner in order to meet the rising demand for electricity in the years to come, according to industry watchers.

 Cleaning workers in Danang are trying to collect the large amount of rubbish that has covered beaches in the central city.  

 The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has asked for the Prime Minister’s permission to build a wastewater treatment plant with a total cost of VND522 billion ($23 million).

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has submitted a plan to the government to launch 24 climate change response projects in the Mekong Delta for 2017-2020, including nine transit and 15 new projects. 

 The authorities of Binh Thuan Province has suggested building sea embankments from the mud that was supposed to be dumped into the sea to construct the Vinh Tan 1 Coal Power Plant.

The Vietnam Fisheries Society has requested the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to urgently nullify a license for Vinh Tan 1 Power Company Ltd. to discharge nearly 1 million cu.m of dredged sediments into the waters off Binh Thuan.

 Many large cities in Vietnam are struggling with a slew of acute environmental problems such as air pollution, according to a report on Vietnam’s urban environment by the Vietnam Environment Administration.

 At least 15 million of the country’s 52-million workforce is suffering the consequences of severe noise levels, the Institute of Occupational Health and Environment, said on July 20.

 Many people in Ha Giang Province have complained about the abject lack of waste treatment facilities after tonnes of rubbish was dumped into a local stream.

 Scientists are compiling a crop structure map for the Mekong Delta to counter growing climate change impact in the region known as the country’s food granary.

 Several Vietnamese cities are striving to recycle and reuse waste, with waste a growing concern in the country and around the world.