The ADB in Vietnam revealed that it has signed a $100 million loan facility agreement with China Everbright International Limited to help a series of municipal waste-to-energy plants in first- and second-tier cities in the Mekong Delta region. 

 Ten domestic companies with the highest energy efficiency have won in different categories of the National Energy Efficiency in Industry Award 2017.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project that would build a national database of waste resources, helping authorised agencies better control the discharge of waste nationwide.

A wild monkey and a pygmy loris were recently handed over to the Wildlife Rescue and Protection Centre at the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh.

Alarming pollution readings were recorded in the capital of Hanoi and HCM City in the previous year, heard a conference in Hanoi on January 30.

 Vietmark is executing a plan to add environmental cleanup to tours the team-building company arranges for groups of domestic and foreign travelers. 

 Making effective use of waste from thermal power plants to save natural resources and protect the environment is urgent given Vietnam’s increasing demand for electricity.

 The International Union for the Conservation of Nature last week launched a pilot project for flood-based livelihoods that will enhance the water retention capacity of the Mekong Delta.

 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.