Environment

Construction of a 40.6MW solar power plant commenced in the Mekong Delta province of Long An on September 16.

In response to World Clean-up Day 2018 on September 15, several organizations and units in HCM City have carried out clean-up activities to raise public awareness about environmental protection.

The northern province’s authorities are urging local police to expedite their investigation into a waste pond failure incident a week ago at a fertiliser factory in the province.

Super Typhoon Mangkhut, the strongest typhoon so far this year, is predicted to hit the northern mainland on Monday morning and bring heavy downpours and strong winds to 27 northern and northern central localities.

Preparations were in high gear in the Philippines on Friday with Super Typhoon Mangkhut set to make a direct hit in less than 24 hours, packing winds up to 255 kilometres per hour and drenching rains.

Hanoi many ban traffic from several bridges when Superstorm Mangkhut arrives early next week.

Tonnes of fish have been found dead in Hanoi’s West Lake, causing workers to stay overnight for collecting them.

A super typhoon roared toward the Philippines on Thursday, prompting thousands to evacuate ahead of its heavy rains and fierce winds that are set to strike at the weekend before moving on to China.

Tropical Storm Barijat is projected to weaken into a tropical depression as it approaches the Vietnamese coast, while Super Typhoon Mangkhut is expected to hit Vietnam next week.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued the decision to halt all titanium mining activities in Ninh Thuan Province which is one of the provinces that has the largest titanium reserves in Vietnam.

Dozens of hectares of protected forest in Dak Lak Province have been destroyed due to lax management.

Many Vietnamese artists will take part in a music video to respond to a global campaign named Rise for Climate.

The National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF) on September 10 announced that a tropical low-pressure is forming in the eastern territorial waters of Taiwan (China).

Air pollution in HCM City caused by vehicles has become even more serious than the level of pollution emitted by industrial zones, environmental experts say.

Thai fishermen and labourers whose livelihoods are threatened by rising sea levels kicked off an international day of protests in Bangkok Saturday, where key UN talks are attempting to breathe life into the Paris Agreement on climate change.

A group of people keeping pangolins illegally were recently caught red-handed by the police of the northeastern border province of Quang Ninh and the Criminal Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security in the province’s Mong Cai city.

Authorities of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho have planned to spend VND555.39 billion (USD25.22 million) on moving thousands of households at risk from erosion.

Lâm Đức Du, a forest ranger on Côn Đảo Island in the southern province of Bà Rịa Vũng Tàu, wakes up at midnight, picks up his flashlight and goes down to the beach to collect turtle eggs.

A cold spell is forecasted to arrive in the northern region on September 7.