Environment

Many luxury resorts along the Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An City have been abandoned or temporarily closed after being damaged by erosion.

Hanoi farmers burning straw in suburban areas after harvesting has continued worsening the air pollution in the capital.

The newly-established Thu Duc City in Ho Chi Minh City will assign 10% of its area to build parks with some 630 hectares for reservoirs, which is expected to reduce the flooding problems in the city.

Ho Chi Minh City is piloting a new rubbish collection system in its rivers and canals that it said is more efficient.

Heavy rains will continue in some central provinces, especially Ha Tinh and Quang Binh, from October 16-21, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

55 people have been confirmed dead while seven others remain missing in the recent flooding in the central region according to latest report.

A bear which was illegally held in captivity for up to 15 years has been sent to a rescue centre in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

A tropical depression in the northern part of the East Sea (South China Sea) strengthened into a new storm, internationally named Nangka, on the afternoon of October 12, becoming the seventh typhoon to hit the East Sea so far

The Green Vietnam Biodiversity Conservation Centre (GreenViet) in coordination with the Labour Federation of Hanoi’s Ung Hoa district and the Youth Union in Doi Binh commune has launched a campaign to plant 4,000 trees to improve the air conditions

HCM City is expanding the "green school model" at all educational levels as part of its effort to raise awareness about environmental protection through energy saving, recycling, and waste separation at source.

HCM City has piloted a river litter collecting system which has a total investment of VND20 billion (USD869,565).

Around 40 tonnes of fish raised in cages on Da River have died en masse over the past few days, due to the water release of the Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant.

Ministries and local authorities discussed plans to minimise damage as the central region is warned of having high rainfall along with flash floods.

The world's sea floor is littered with an estimated 14 million tonnes of microplastics, broken down from the masses of rubbish entering the oceans every year, according to Australia's national science agency.

11 cross-bred gaurs which have been left staving in Ninh Thuan Province have just been transferred to Phuoc Binh National Park.

Bird hunting is common practice in many rural areas in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa.

Authorities in the Central Region are preparing for the coming storm season as it is forecasted that there will be six to eight storms and tropical depressions in the East Sea.

HCM City has reached 12 of its 16 targets in its pollution reduction programme for the 2016-20 period, according to the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

The lives of 200 bears have been rescued from the caged life to Vietnam Bear Rescue Center over recent years.