Vietnam now ranks at number 17 out of 109 countries in terms of plastic usage. This alarming statistic is partly derived from Vietnamese people’s habit of using plastic bags when shopping everyday.

 HCM City has called for investment in environmental protection projects from now through 2025 and announced incentives for such investment as it seeks to resolve certain problems soon.

Vietnam now has more than 13 million 4G users after over a year of the service's deployment, accounting for about 30 percent of the total number of mobile phone subscribers, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC). 

Preferring healthy food and eco-friendly products, using less plastic, and encouraging the “Go Green” spirit among the community, more and more Vietnamese youths have taken to living a greener lifestyle.

 Vietnam Register will, early next month, propose the Ministry of Transport add red stamps to vehicles with low exhaust emission standards to distinguish them from others in a bid to control vehicle exhaust emissions.

The Xe Pian - Xe Namnoy hydropower dam incident will not affect Vietnam's Mekong Delta region, according to Associate Professor Le Anh Tuan, head of the Climate Change Research Institute under the Can Tho University.

 Speakers touch on current status and future of AI at Vietnam CEO Summit 2018 in Hanoi on July 25.

 The Government will prioritise licencing broadband networks to develop 4G services in Viet Nam.

 The 23rd Vietnam ICT Outlook (VIO 2018) workshop themed “Innovation in the Digital Era” kicked off in HCMC on July 26, attracting 1,500 delegates from ministries, departments, sectors, and local authorities nationwide. 

 The Bkav Technology Group said on July 26 its virus monitoring system had discovered malware called BrowserSpy that is able to track users’ actions and steal their personal data, such as bank account information, and Gmail or Facebook passwords.

 People in many places in the world, including Vietnam, will be able to witness the longest total lunar eclipse on July 28, 2018 (or the 15th day of the sixth lunar month).

 Though governmental funding for cultural promotion in Hanoi has expanded over the years, it has failed to meet the need for the preservation of thousands of local historical relics, intangible cultural heritages and traditional festivals.

 Although the forest coverage has increased, the quality of Vietnam’s forests have been declining, Director of the Silviculture Research Institute Tran Lam Dong said at a discussion in Hanoi on July 24.

 As internet steadily replaces traditional text messages and calls as well as smart phones are overwhelmingly popular in the market, mobile operators find it a must to come out with low-cost 3G and 4G packages.

 As of July, there were some 124 million phone subscribers in Vietnam, informed the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

Hanoi’s Nguyen Khang Street has faced mounting piles of rubbish as collections have halted for two days following protests over a waste treatment plant.

 More than 120 students and 15 lecturers working at domestic and foreign institutions are joining the 6th Vietnam Summer School of Science (VSSS) which opened in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh on July 23.

 Vietnam planted a total 12,385ha of coastal forest between 2015-2017 via climate change response and coastal forest protection project for 2015-2020, which raised the coastal forest coverage from 16.9 percent in 2014 to 17 percent last year. 

 The coral reefs near Cu Lao Cham Island in Quang Nam Province are being restored and monitored to ensure a rich ecosystem.

 The development of artificial intelligence needs closer links between the Government, universities and businesses, a workshop heard in HCM City on Saturday.