Residents in Vinh Cuu and Dinh Quan districts, the southern province of Dong Nai, have proposed local authority construct additional 20 kilometres of electric fence to prevent wild elephants from wandering into residential areas.

 Authorities in central Quang Binh Province last Friday prosecuted two men for killing the goat-antelope Indochinese serow, which is listed as a near threatened species by the IUCN.

 The central Thua Thien - Hue Province has plans to dredge Huong River in an attempt to increase the draining capacity of the river.

 The lives and crops of residents living near the Bo River bank in central Thua Thien-Hue province are being threatened by riverbank landslides.

A recent work shows if Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam take advantage of recent advances in renewable power generation and transmission technologies, they can achieve energy security at significantly lower social, environmental, and political risks. 

Hundreds of fish died en masse after an industrial waste tank cracked open in the He Muong Commune in the northern province of Dien Bien on Monday. 

 Province and city authorities have been told to stop investment in fired clay brick production and to prioritise investment in other environmentally friendly construction materials.

As the country shifts to a Euro 4 emission standard for diesel-fuelled vehicles, industry observers warn that the three fuel types on offer could spell problems for these more advanced engines, and opportunities for tricksters. 

The management board of the Con Dao National Park has sent a dossier to the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment, asking for the recognition of its three ancient trees as Vietnam heritage trees. 

Dak Lak has taken a number of measures to manage, monitor and care for elephants so as to help conserve and develop the animals, said Director of the province’s centre for elephant conservation Huynh Trung Luan.

 A flood control project capitalized at VND10 trillion in HCMC is now 65% complete after one year and a half of construction and is expected to be finished in April.

The amount of CO2 in HCM City was estimated at 38.5 million tons, making up about 16 percent of the country. Of the amount, automotive exhausts' carbon emissions account for 45 percent.

 Smog that has appeared frequently in Ho Chi Minh City, with the most recent recorded on January 3 morning, shows that local air pollution is now at an alarming level, an expert has said.

The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre’s Con Bung area in Thanh Hai commune, Thanh Phu district has suffered from serious erosion that causes heavy land loss and seriously affects the living conditions and production of locals. 

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has announced the top 10 events of the sector in 2017 as follow:

 In the last few days, a large amount of fish died en mass along the Phu River in Tu Nghia District, the central province of Quang Ngai.

 The eastern gate to the city centre is among the worst traffic hotspots in Ho Chi Minh City with thousands of vehicles passing by every day.

 The Elephant Conservation Centre in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak is carrying out implant of microchips in captive elephants.

Scientists have discovered 115 new stranger species in the Greater Mekong region, one of Asia's biodiversity hotspots, in which 65 species have been found in Vietnam.

 Four cycling machines attached to a water filtration system have been installed on the banks of Hoang Cau Lake in Hanoi's Dong Da District to purify the lake water.