The 50km electric fence stretching across Vinh Cuu and Dinh Quan district in the southern province of Dong Nai has been unable to prevent wild elephants from looking for food in local farms.

 Wastewater standards on the amounts of nitrogen, phosphoric and ammonia permitted at seafood processors are still awaiting the final decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Quang Ngai has allocated funds of $1.83 million to support ecosystem recovery and biodiversity supervision as well as strengthening the protection of the Ly Son Marine Protected Area (MPA) for the 2018-22 period.

 To prevent Vietnam becoming a destination for scrap from other countries, ministries, sectors and localities need to enhance coordination in managing scrap imports and use of scrap as production material.

 Vietnam’s illegal online trade of wildlife is occurring on websites that end with “.vn” and “.com” domain names, including social media websites, according to a study released recently by TRAFFIC.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has rejected a proposed location for dumping waste from dredging activities around the sea in the central province of Nghe An. 

 Two publications giving instructions on caring for rescued moon and sun bears, as well as guidance to plant herbal alternatives to bear bile were launched at a ceremony on July 10.

The Son Tra Peninsula, about 10km in the northeast of downtown Da Nang city, is home to about 300-400 red shanked douc langurs, a rare species deemed the "Queen of Primates".

 After a long period of decline, the last two years have seen an increase in output of giant river prawns in the Mekong Delta.

 The first week of July witnessed an improvement in Hanoi’s air quality, according to the city’s Environment Protection Authority under the Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

 The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has made a proposal for 300 billion VND (13.82 million USD) worth of Government aid in order to fix up its 14.5km span of severely eroded beaches.

 Trần Minh Tiến, owner of a shop in Long An Province, said he sells some 10 kinds of goods made from natural and environment-friendly materials such as grasses, bamboo and coconut fibre, replacing products made from plastic.

 Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW), in cooperation with Cuc Phuong National Park in the northern province of Ninh Binh, has successfully released 25 Sunda pangolins (Manis javanica) into a safe habitat for the species.

 HCMC will reduce waste burial to below 50% by 2020 by switching to new waste treatment technologies, according to the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

 Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW), in co-operation with Cuc Phuong National Park has successfully released 25 Sunda pangolins (Manis javanica) into a safe habitat for the species.

 The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh Province faces severe threat of pollution as only 20% of domestic wastewater is treated before being discharged into the bay.

Vietnam National University, Hanoi and the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS) will co-host the Hanoi Forum 2018, an international academic conference on climate change response and sustainable development.

 A rare gibbon illegally kept by a man in Ho Chi Minh City has been transferred to Cat Tien National Forest.

 Becoming a wildlife conservationist to save species such as bears, rhinos and elephants from illegal trade was Nguyen Thi Thu Trang’s childhood dream. And today, she is living it.

Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator and Vice Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group at the GEF spoke about the 6th Global Environment Facility Assembly held in Da Nang recently.