The Phan Rang-Thap Cham city sub-project – part of the Coastal Cities Sustainable Environment Project funded by the World Bank Group was inauguarted in Ninh Thuan on November 2.
As many as 63 earthquakes were reported nationwide in October, the Institute of Geophysics under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology reported on November 1.
Typhoon Kong-rey slammed into Taiwan on Thursday as one of the biggest storms to hit the island in decades, whipping up 10-metre waves, triggering floods and claiming at least one life.
Authorities in Phu Loc District in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have seized up to 10,000 traps placed in many local areas for wild-bird hunting.
The number of bears kept in captivity in Vietnam has decreased by an impressive 95 per cent, from approximately 4,000 individuals in 2005 to just 192 at 60 bear farms as of the end of August.
Authorities in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue's Phu Loc District are investigating an illegal sand mining along a stream under the Bach Ma Mountain.
Authorities in the northern province of Phu Tho have issued a fine of VND1.89 billion against the Vietnam Paper Corporation for causing air and water pollution in the area.
Storm Trami is heading toward Vietnam's central coast, causing heavy rain in the region from October 26, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.
The marine ecosystem of the Nha Trang bay in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa has gradually shown positive recovery after more than 1.5 years implementing concerted solutions under a masterplan to preserve and restore coral reefs there.