The Vietnam Environment Administration, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the US Embassy in Vietnam have provided updated statistics at aqicn.org, a worldwide air quality monitoring data coverage website.

 Experts and policy managers from East Asian countries gathered in Ha Noi for a two-day seminar Thursday and Friday to discuss how to build environmentally sustainable cities.

 Three domestic telecom companies are reported to have registered high growth and revenue in February this year.

 Mainstream hydropower projects on the Mekong River caused a loss of 5.2 trillion ($231 million) in seafood and agriculture output to the Mekong Delta, said Nguyen Ngoc Tran, former Deputy Chairman of National Committee of Science and Technology.

 Up to 40% of the Mekong Delta’s area could be flooded by the end of the 21st century if the sea level rises by a metre and Vietnam fails to provide solutions, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has claimed.

HCM has built a project on an air quality observation center in the phase 2016-2020, which will need a total fund of U$22.18 million to build 27 automatic and 200 semiautomatic observation stations.

 Vietnamese primatologists and their foreign partners from Fauna & Flora International (FFI) have discovered more than 500 grey-shanked douc langurs, an extremely rare primate species, in the Central Highlands region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On March 9,  rare astronomical phenomenon, a total eclipse, will occur, but in Vietnam people will only see a partial eclipse.

 The Prime Minister has given the green light to the pilot establishment of the Quang Trung Software City (QTSC) Chain.

 Experts and policy managers from East Asian countries are discussing how to build environmentally sustainable cities at a high-level seminar that opened in Hanoi on March 3.

 Nine animals belonging to rare and endangered species have been released back into the wild at the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh.

Local NGO DRD (Disability Resource and Development) and Hoa Sen University have launched a smart phone application that provides disabled people with locations of disabled-friendly community venues.

 Only 23 percent of the 977,684 Vietnamese language domain names registered are in active use, the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) announced on March 1.

Vietnam is one of the countries most vulnerable to impacts of climate change, the United States Ambassador (US) to Viet Nam Ted Osius said.

 A senior government official has expressed the hope that the country's information and technology (IT) officials would join hands in implementing Resolution 36a/ NQ-CP on e-government this year.

 The number of users on Zalo, the mobile-based free texting and calling app, is now equal to half of Vietnam's population and matches the number of subscribers of the country's biggest mobile carrier.

 Measures to adapt the Mekong Delta's agricultural activities to the impact of climate change, particularly the ongoing drought and saltwater intrusion, were among the key topics discussed at an agricultural extension forum last week.

 HCM City needs an investment of VND495 billion (US$22.5 million) to build 27 environmental measurement systems and 200 semi-automatic environmental measurement points.

 The HCM City Inspectorate has asked the municipal People's Committee to re-open Landfill No 3 at the Phuoc Hiep solid waste treatment complex in Cu Chi District to avoid a company monopoly and to save city funds.

 Vietnam’s rural areas are suffering from pollution and without strict control, the situation is likely to get worse.