A group of young people in Hanoi are helping to raise awareness about environmental protection by collecting plastic bags released during the carp releasing rituals at local ponds and rivers on Kitchen Gods' Day. 

 Air pollution in Hanoi has become worse in the past few days.

The Prime Minister has agreed in principle the organisation of the forum on sustainable and climate-resilient development of the Mekong Delta in October 2019. 

 Not only does climate change affect the people’s livelihoods but it also seriously threatens energy security. What is the solution to the problem of ensuring energy security without harming the environment?

 Forestry experts are optimistic about the future in Vietnam, largely thanks to community-based forest management.

 Many hundred-year old trees in Na Pen Forest in the northern province of Dien Bien have been illegally logged, putting the future of the old forest at risk, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

 At midnight on a night in early January, around 50 barges bearing number plates from northern provinces were mining sand outside of Can Gio Sea, HCM City.

 Vietnam's Mekong Delta region could suffer serious salt intrusion by the end of this month, according to the Southern Irrigation Institute.

 Coral reefs have been revived on an area of 2,000sq.m in water off the Cham Island Maritime Protected Area (MPA) after a pilot project that ran from 2015-17.

 Police in the central province of Ha Tinh have busted a ring of people who illegally traded wild animals for meat, saving a total of 215 pangolins from cages.

 Residents of Nghi Yen Commune in the province of Nghe An are still waiting for relocation despite suffering severe environmental pollution.

 Police in Nghe An Province have arrested a group of hunters who shot dead two langurs in Pu Mat National Park, Nghe An Province.

 Authorities of the central province of Quang Nam are seeking government approval for a VND700 billion (USD30.43 million) assistance to save Cua Dai Beach from serious erosion.

 There are two key components needed to rid the oceans of plastic, a senior professor has warned.

 According to the United Nations’ report, the amount of plastic waste discharged every year is enough to circle the earth four times.

On January 15, some residents in Quang Binh Province’s Le Thuy District said that they had seen some gaur (Bos gaurus) individuals seeking for food near An Bai and Ha Lec villages.

 Representatives of Mekong Delta localities, central departments, and agencies, as well as scientists gathered at a conference on January 15 to discuss the potential impacts of the Pak Lay hydropower project in Laos.

 To minimize the import of plastic waste as well as upgrade the ability to treat domestic one, the Vietnamese government has asked businesses to invest into advanced technology for plastic waste recycling.

 The forestry sector will support the issuance of sustainable forest management certificates on an area of 100,000ha per year as part of efforts to ensure that Vietnamese wood products satisfy all international requirements.

Coral is considered the under-ocean home to aquatic species. Since 2012 experts of the Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography have helped Cham islanders in Quang Nam province revive the polyped stony corals by farming techniques.