Environment

Two tourist boats have been fined VND8 million (USD347.82) for throwing votive papers into the Huong River in the central province of Thua Thien Hue.

The central province of Quang Ngai has started a campaign to reduce the use of disposable plastic products at local tourism sites.

A huge amount of fish has been found dead on a river in the northern province of Ha Nam due to serious pollution.

The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has declared an emergency following repeated erosion along a canal bank in Long Xuyen city’s My Thanh ward.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang will plant 250ha of new protection forests in coastal areas from 2021 to 2025, twice the amount of the 2015-20 period, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

People in the mountainous area of Thanh Hoa Province have complained about pollution caused by nearby overloaded rubbish dump.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang has earmarked VNĐ680 million (US$29,500) to provide relief for households affected by natural disasters in five districts so far this year.

Authorities of the central province of Ha Tinh have set free four monkeys and crested serpent eagles back into the wild.

On September 11, the Environment Police Department in Hanoi announced that they had caught two trucks illegally dumping waste by Thang Long Avenue.

A man in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has been prosecuted for illegally keeping up to 127 rare tortoises.

A typhoon that struck North Korea wrecked nearly 60 bridges and destroyed or inundated more than 2,000 houses, state media reported Wednesday, with leader Kim Jong Un saying the damage had disrupted central planning for the rest of the year.

Air pollution, especially fine particles pollution, will become more serious in the northern region from September.

A powerful typhoon that officials warned could bring record rains and gusts strong enough to flip cars slammed into southern Japan on Sunday, prompting authorities to urge millions to seek shelter.

Authorities in Quang Ninh Province have issued a fine of VND300m (USD13,043) to a local boat for illegally dumping waste mud into Ha Long Bay.

A cargo ship carrying 43 crew and about 6,000 cows sank at sea after transmitting a distress signal during a typhoon off Japan, according to a survivor rescued by the country's coast guard.

The Dong Nai Provincial Forest Ranger Department on September 2 announced that a newborn elephant has been spotted in a forest in Dinh Quan District.

While air quality in Hanoi’s inner city remained mostly good and average in the last week of August, it did drop in some areas compared to previous weeks.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a decision to assign Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung as new Chairman of the Viet Nam National Mekong Committee (VNMC).

A new heat wave is forecast to expand to northwestern provinces from September 1 until the end of this week on September 5, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.