Environment

Many provinces in the southern central region including Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, and Binh Dinh are forecasted to see heavy rains from Wednesday evening as the Storm Goni is heading to the area.

Legislators raised issues regarding hydropower and forest preservation and development during the 10th sitting of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on November 3.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Ho Chi Minh City and the UNICEF in Vietnam have jointly launched a campaign to enhance the awareness of environmental protection among local children.

All landfill waste sites in Hanoi are overloaded, while many waste treatment projects in the city remain on paper.

Authorities in Tra Vinh Province are seeking help from some neighbouring provinces to deal with 300,000 tonnes of rubbish.

The authorities in HCM City will spend billions of VND on waste collecting machines to clean rivers and canals in the city.

Many areas in Ha Tinh Province have been flooded again after the Ke Go Reservoir released water in preparation for Storm Molave.

As Storm Saudel weakened into a low-pressure area on October 26, Storm Molave has started to intensify and is forecasted to enter the East Sea.

A total of VND26 trillion (USD1.13 billion) has been used for HCM City’s anti-flooding projects in the 2016-2020 period, according to the municipal Department of Construction.

HSBC Vietnam Bank will provide VND10bn (USD430,000) to revive a mangrove forest in Mui Ca Mau National Park to help Vietnam deal with climate change.

Storm Saudel weakened on October 24 before entering Vietnam's central regions, but rains are still forecasted from Nghe An to Thua Thien-Hue provinces.

An under-construction road in a UNESCO-recognised geopark in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has faced landslides.

Hundreds of floating shelters have been used to shelter many households in flood-hit areas in the central province of Quang Binh.

Authorities in Hoi An City have mobilised hundreds of people to urgently save a section of the Cua Dai beach from serious erosion amid the on-going flooding in the area.

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.