Environment

Hanoi authorities have issued a plan to prevent and limit the use of plastic bags to 2020, with a view to 2025.

Many areas in HCM City will be flooded due to high tide on October 28-29.

More than half of the Mekong Delta will disappear under sea level in the next two generations if no action is taken now, research has found.

Firefighters on Friday battled several wildfires raging across California that destroyed homes and forced evacuations, as more than 18 million people were under a red flag warning in the southern part of the state.

Song Da Water Investment JSC in Hanoi has apologised for the recent oil contamination of the tap water and pledged the free water supply for affected people for one month.

HCM City is now home to around 37 eroded sites along rivers and canals, including 19 that have been classified as very dangerous, according to the municipal Department of Transport.

The Vietnamese Government has engaged in various international commitments to enhance management and preserve vulnerable and endangered marine turtles, said Director General of the Directorate of Fisheries Tran Dinh Luan on October 21.

A forest in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has been destroyed for months, but the local authorities claimed they did not know anything about the incident.

Nearly 90 percent of Vietnam's urban sewage is discharged untreated directly into its rivers and streams, according to a report by the Ministry of Construction.

The biodiversity of Tram Chim National Park in the southern province of Dong Thap is being seriously endangered due to the impacts of climate change and human activities.

Phu Yen Province People's Committee worked with Japanese Daiei Factory Company on Friday to find solutions for the environmental pollution at Xuan Dai Bay which is the country's largest lobster raising area.

Authorities in Ha Tinh Province are calling for help from experts to deal with an unknown type of insect which is killing one hectare of mangrove forest in the area.

Hanoi will give daily reports on tap water quality following the oil contamination at the Da River Water Plant.

Beaches in the central city of Danang have been covered by litter following heavy rains over the past three days.

Authorities in Hanoi have collected nearly VND191m from fines on people who litter at the Hoan Kiem Lake.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City this morning, October 16, started construction of the second waste-to-energy plant in Cu Chi District.

Authorities in Hanoi have warned local people that tap water in some districts including Ha Dong, Thanh Xuan, and Hoang Mai is contaminated with styrene, a carcinogenic substance.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has asked local authorities in Hoa Binh to find the truck discharging oil and contaminating the Da River which is believed to be the cause of polluted tap water in Hanoi.

Around 200 volunteers including representatives from the European Union Delegation, EU Member States and youth in Hanoi joined a clean-up event at Red River and Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi on Saturday.