VietNamNet Bridge – An exotic fish species has been found as not only harmful to the fish farming in Mekong River Delta provinces, but also to many native plant and animal species.

 HCM City to tackle river and canal encroachment; Da Nang, Ha Noi win robotics competition; Student architects top design contest; Central provinces restore forests; Environmental laws need improvement

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local people fear that the Xuyen Moc forest in Binh Chau – Phuoc Buu sanctuary would become empty one day if the illegal lumberjacks cannot be stopped.

Scientists believe that it is necessary to restore the coastal windshield casuarinas belt, which is considered as putting armor on to protect not only villages and houses, but also the rubber forests.

 Cyclonic storm Nari, the 11th hit Vietnam this year, had taken the lives of 27 people and caused economic losses of nearly 1.6 trillion VND in the central region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have warned that Vietnam may become the place for foreign investors to export backward petrochemical technologies.

VietNamNet Bridge – More and more cries for help have been resounded from industrial zones, where people have to live together with untreated waste water, factories’ smoke and hazardous solid waste.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists have urged the local management agencies and population communities to take actions to conserve the ecosystem of the dipterocarp forests, which only exist in South East Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ignoring the warnings by scientists, the people in central provinces still rushed to grow rubber, for which they have paid a heavy price.

Typhoon Nari swept across the Philippines’ Luzon Island on October 12, entering the East Sea, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The loosened management over the mineral exploitation activities in the last 40 years has made Vietnamese poorer and the living environment worse.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Electric bicycles are believed to be the green means of transport, which specially is useful in urban areas. However, in fact, they are not green as thought.

 Eight people were sentenced to a total of 103 years in prison in southern Vinh Long Province's court yesterday for embezzlement involving the making and repair of cultural and historical relics.

 Ho Chi Minh City Police have arrested 16 Chinese fraudsters who used technology to swindle fellow countrymen living in China.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Not only strictly following Vietnam's regulations on environment, Ajinomoto Vietnam has always considered environment protection as the most important task.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has successfully made friendly plastic bags which can decompose after a short time. However, petty merchants and consumers still turn their back to the kind of bags.

The famous tourist sites in Da Lat City of Lam Dong province have got more seriously polluted. Local residents fear that rubbish would “spoil Da Lat,” and the city would no longer be a romantic city in the eyes of travelers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Just within two months, the Gia Lai province has released the decisions to revoke the licenses granted before to 13 hydropower plant projects because the projects are believed to have negative impacts on the environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The illegal sand exploitation on the Dong Nai and Saigon Rivers has caused headaches to the Binh Duong, Dong Nai provincial and HCM City authorities.

The government, in the policy on sustainable development, has stated that the waste management is the key task of the environment protection activities, while 3R (reduction, reuse, recycle) solutions have been highlighted.