Vietnam should place importance on the panorama of investment in climate change in the country while building a plan on the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

 Forty-eight rare animals have been released into the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh, from the beginning of this year. 

 The People’s Police Academy has launched the Vietnamese version of a manual by an international counter-trafficking organisation to help officials fight the black market trade in endangered wild animals.

Deputy Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Mau Diep underlined the necessity to accurately investigate information related to the damage caused by the recent environmental incident in Ha Tinh.

 Investigations of potential medical-waste dumping in Yen Phong District’s Van Mon Commune revealed the site contained normal waste, Nguyen Dinh Tam, deputy head of Bac Ninh Province’s Health Department, said.

 About 30 households in Ky Anh Town, Ha Tinh Province, have signed a letter of complaint against the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment over the mass fish deaths in central region.

 The latest report by the Nhan Co aluminum manufacturer’s investor on an alkali leakage incident late last month said that it had not affected human health or the environment.

 The Health Environment Management Agency (HEMA) has called for an investigation into claims that 10 tonnes of medical waste have been dumped in Yen Phong District’s Van Mon Commune.

VietNamNet Bridge - Yen Tu mountain in Quang Ninh province is the home to 230 xich tung (red pine) treeshundreds of years old but half of them are nearly dead due to severe disease. Local authorities are looking for measures to save the rare trees.

 A week on elephant protection was launched in Nong Son district, the central province of Quang Nam on August 3 with myriad activities.

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has set up a Management Board of Lang Biang World Biosphere Reserve (Lang Biang BR) to boost the sustainable development of the site.

 Spokesperson for the Government Mai Tien Dung has stated that investment projects failing to meet environmental protection standards will not be licensed.

The police in the central province of Ha Tinh on August 2 decided to start criminal proceedings against violations of the regulations on hazardous waste management in Ky Anh town.

VietNamNet Bridge - After more than half a year of operation, Vietnam’s first semi-wildlife zoo in Vietnam Vinpearl Safari Phu Quoc has welcomed the F1 generation of many species of rare animals in the world.

The environment police forces of Dong Nai on July 31 caught two tractor trucks carrying thousands of liters of hazardous waste, identified as belonging to a company located in the Formosa industrial zone.

The waste mud illegally dumped in Ky Anh town of the central province of Ha Tinh is a mixture of industrial and hazardous waste, and both its owner, Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Co. Ltd, and the dumper must bear responsibility.

A working group led by the chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Science, Technology and Environment has arrived in Ha Tinh to supervise the implementation of the law on environmental protection on Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Company.

 Vietnam had more than 14 million hectares of forest as of December 21, 2015, including over 10.1 million hectares of natural forest and nearly 3.9 million hectares of planted forest.

The broken chemical pipe system incident at Vinacomin-Dak Nong Aluminium Company’s Nhan Co alumina plant in the Central Highland’s province of Dak Nong has raised concerns about environmental pollution in the region.

The government has released the report evaluating the damages caused by Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Co., Ltd, the culprit behind the mass dying of fish in the four central coastal provinces in April this year.