Customs officers detected two consignments containing pangolin scales at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on April 4.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau is taking measures to cope with climate change and rising sea level as the impacts have become more pronounced in recent years.

 Ninh Thuan Province authorities are rushing to complete the Tan My reservoir and weir system on the Dinh River near Phan Rang-Thap Cham City in order to deal with drought and saltwater intrusion.

 Vietnam Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang has owned up responsibility for polluting the environment, affecting nearby households.

 Residents living in Ea Tu Commune in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak’s Buon Ma Thuot City are concerned and call for solutions to curb the spread of ground water pollution.

 The HCM City People’s Committee has asked city departments and all 24 districts to prepare for natural disasters this year by completing maps about flooding hotspots and raising public awareness about disaster risks.

 Tonnes of jellyfish and seafood affected by last year’s Formosa toxic spill have not been destroyed in Ha Tinh Province’s Loc Ha District, and have started stinking, the e-newspaper Dan Tri reported.

 The Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Ho Chi Minh City sped up infrastructure system to control environment quality in line with its set target to 2020.

 The Government has decided to forge ahead with the country’s emissions reduction roadmap which requires new autos running on gasoline to meet the Euro 4 emissions standards from January 1 this year as proposed by the Ministry of Transport.

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has  ordered the Vietnam Environment Administration to investigate media reports about environmental pollution caused by Vietnam Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited.

 Tonnes of young shrimps and fish have recently been released to the wild across the Mekong Delta region for the restocking of marine resources.

 The People’s Procuracy of Central Highlands Dak Nong Province has arrested the former director of a forestry company as part of an investigation into the destruction of 2,000 hectares of forest.

 Polluted river water is the main reason behind the recent mass fish deaths in Vinh Tra River in Thai Binh Province, its department of natural resources and environment has said.

 A woman in Long Bien District, Hanoi has used thousands of recycled plastic bottles to build a small house and raise people's awareness about environmental protection.

 Water in a 10ha reservoir in Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province’s Tan Hai Commune has turned red and terribly smelly, raising pollution concerns from local residents.

 Changeable weather and careless farming in Tra Vinh Province has caused pollution and killed a large number of shrimp in the area.

 James Joseph Kendall, an American English teacher at an elementary school in Hanoi, became famous by chance after he retrieved trash from a polluted ditch in Hanoi, in May 2015.

 The average water level of many parts of the Red River has remarkably reduced in recent years, badly affecting agricultural production and the living conditions of residents in the northern lowland and midland areas.

 The southern Dong Nai Province’s transport department on Thursday ordered four sand mining and dredging projects in the region to suspend operations.

 More flash floods and landslides are forecast to hit Vietnam in 2017 than last year, especially in mountainous areas in the northwest region, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).