Environment

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.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked local authorities in Dak Nong Province to report on an incident in which large amounts of pine forest on lucrative land plots were poisoned.

New cleaning machines are being blamed for Hanoi's air pollution after the local authorities stopped watering the streets three years ago.

The southern province of Hau Giang is battling with waste disposal as existing landfills are overloaded, while its waste treatment project implementation has remained at a standstill.

The 15th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (AMME 15) and related meetings concluded in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on October 9 and released a joint statement.

Rising sea levels and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta are becoming alarming, said Prof. David Dapice, Senior Economist, Vietnam and Myanmar Programme, Harvard Kennedy School, at a meeting with leaders of Can Tho city on October 8.

Authorities of the southern central province of Binh Dinh have turned down the proposal by the Vietnam Maritime Administration to dump up to 300,000 cubic metres off the coast of Quy Nhon City.

More than 1,500 people have worked to clean beaches in the southern city of Vung Tau where are battling with a vast amount of litter.

Five more dead elephants have been found at the bottom of a Thai waterfall known as "Hell's Abyss", the environment minister said Wednesday, as rangers reinforced barriers to try to stop the creatures wandering into the dangerous area.