People in Hanoi and throughout the Southeast Asian country of Vietnam are starting to wake up and realize the gravity of the country’s air pollution problem, Nguy Thi Khanh told an air quality panel this past May.

 The city’s environment quality has become a bigger worry for residents due to heavy pollution caused by wastewater, dust, noise and solid waste, said Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam, chairwoman of the HCMC People’s Council.

 Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has requested investors of waste treatment facilities to let local residents come and inspect next month, said Le Van Khoa, the city’s vice chairman.

The HCM City People’s Council has passed a resolution on environmental protection and solid waste management in urban and residential areas, with the target of significantly improving the environment, an issue that has taken on urgency.

Cameras to monitor environmental violations will be installed in all districts, according to the HCM City People’s Committee.

Several invasive alien species have entered Vietnam, impacting the local environment and biodiversity, causing concern among authorised agencies.

Nearly 40km of the western coast in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has been eroded, Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Van Tam has said.

 Owners of landfills in the city will have to open them for periodical monitoring by people, said Le Van Khoa, deputy chairman of HCM City’s People’s Committee.

 Hundreds of households in Gio My Commune, Quang Tri Province are facing the risks of deadly illnesses as their underground water is contaminated.

 The central province of Khanh Hoa is considering allowing a local private firm to preserve and operate its Hon Mun Nature Reserve, one of the most famous tourist destinations in the province.

 Households near the steel companies in Da Nang coastal city’s Hoa Vang District will be relocated on account of the environmental pollution there.

Floods in the Mekong Delta are expected to occur earlier this year due to higher than average rainfall, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

 Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam, Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council, has underscored the need to employ synchronous solutions in environmental protection in the locality. 

 Natural forest area in the Central Highlands region has been declining significantly due to illegal exploitation and deforestation.

 In recent decades, threats such as unsustainable and illegal fishing, tourism and climate change have increasingly threatened coastal and marine resources.

 More than four million pregnant blue swimmer crabs early this week were released into the sea off Phu Quoc Island in an effort to replenish stocks in the area.

 Da Nang has established central Viet Nam’s first Green Technology Institute for Herb and Agricultural Gene Conservation.

Hanoi's lakes are contaminated with animal fats. To Lich, Kim Nguu, Lu and Set rivers and 13 other lakes in the city are polluted with grease, up to 2.5mg per litre, higher than the national standard.  

 A number of companies dredging sand along the Cạn River in the central province of Khanh Hoa’s Cam Ranh City since 2015 have caused landslides and put the lives of local residents in danger.

The capital city’s Hoan Kiem Lake will be dredged and cleaned by the end of July, said Vo Tien Hung, general director of Hanoi Sewerage and Drainage Company Ltd.