Energy production from solid waste in urban areas is forecast to increase by between 10-16 percent in Vietnam, heard a workshop in Hanoi last week.

Undoubtedly climate change is causing extreme weather events to occur more frequently and with more intensity. 

The Prime Minister has signed decisions to apply disciplinary measures on four former leaders of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and Ha Tinh, whose are linked to the environmental incident caused by Formosa.

A red-shanked douc langur was handed over to the Cuc Phuong national park by forest rangers in Phu Loc district, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on August 14.

 No single country or individual could put an end to illegal wildlife trade, but joint international efforts should be made to prevent wildlife crimes and protect the elephant species in the centuries ahead, US Ambassador to Vietnam has said.

 Quang Ninh provincial authorities have imposed a fishing ban in the core area of Ha Long Bay after investigations of fishing activities in Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay. 

 The Greenovation Challenge contest, aimed at seeking initiatives to solve plastic waste issues in Viet Nam, has been launched in Hanoi. 

The Ngoc Son dumping site, the sole collection point for waste generated by thousands of households in Nghe An central province, has been overloaded for a couple of years, polluting residential areas and threatening to contaminate a nearby reservoir.

 The central province of Quang Nam plans to restore a 80ha forest as habitat for a herd of gray-shanked douc langurs living in Dong Co Village, Tam My Tay Commune.

The Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province’s People’s Committee on Thursday released the report on mass fish deaths in Long Son, stating the main cause to be water pollution and bacterial presence. 

The Hanoi Forest Protection Department and World Animal Protection finished re-implanting microchips in 200 captive bears earlier this week in the capital city.

 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.