Environment

Many farmers in the Mekong Delta provinces have switched from growing rice to drought-resistant crops to cope with the region’s worst drought in 100 years.

The Government’s national power development plan that calls for a higher proportion of power generation from renewable energy by 2030, including water, wind, solar and biomass, has not met its targets or the country’s potential.

Divers who worked in contaminated water in Ha Tinh Province will have health checks in Hue City after the death of co-worker.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Tran Hong Ha, admitted that the ministry had failed to respond and react well to the mass fish death disaster.

The Vietnam Fisheries Association said there was no evidence to prove that the fish were killed by a red tide and urged local authorities to quickly uncover the exact cause of the mass fish deaths on the central coast.

The Hanoi Sewage and Drainage Company has announced three scenarios to reduce heavy flooding in the city during the upcoming rainy season.

Thousands of people in Yen Khanh District in Ninh Binh Province have complained about untreated waste water which they claim local authorities have turned a blind eye to.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment claims that there was insufficient evidence that Formosa and other plants in the Vung Ang Economic Zones in Ha Tinh Province were responsible for the mass fish deaths along the central coast.

Luu Quang Khanh, head of Danang City Fisheries Department, has claimed the dead fish found in the city are not the victims of the current poisoning scandal affecting Ha Tinh and three other provinces.

People in Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces are flocking to the sea to collect dead fish for traders to earn huge profits despite severe warnings about potential food poisoning.

Vietnam has sent urgent appeals to international communities, asking for 48.5 million USD to deal with the impact of increasingly severe drought and saltwater intrusion caused by the El Nino phenomenon.

A representative in Vung Ang Industrial Zone has sparked public outrage by stating people must make the false choice between massively polluting steel industry or fishing.

Danang City is raising public awareness over the desperate need to protect the red-shanked douc langur.

Experts have urged the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces to rezone irrigation systems and dredge canals to cope with the damaging effects of climate change.

Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung on Sunday had a fact-finding tour to Ky Ha Commune, Ky Anh Town of the central province of Ha Tinh following mysterious mass fish deaths along the central coast.

Customs officers at Noi Bai International Airport and anti-smuggling forces on April 22 examined two packages and seized 105 pieces of elephant ivory, weighing nearly 100 kilogrammes.

Tourism officials in the central province of Quang Binh have expressed worry over the mass deaths of fish which are badly affecting the local tourism industry.

Thousands of fish along the coast in three central provinces have died en mass and the finger of blame is being pointed at the Vung Ang Industrial Zone.

One of the government's most senior lawyers PS Narasimha told the Supreme Court that a quarter of the country's population, spread across 10 states, have been hit by drought after two consecutive years of weak monsoons.