Environment

The natural forests in Huong Lam and Huong Xuan Communes of Huong Khe District in the central province of Ha Tinh have been seriously devastated, turned into bare hills just within one month.

The province's seafood resource protection department released 24kg of juvenile lobsters into the ocean yesterday afternoon, in an attempt to save the crustaceans from illegal traders.

More than 1,000 people on Saturday participated in a biking activity in HCM City's District 7 to mark the annual World Environment Day (June 5).

Livestock is dying and the lives of many people in Gio Quang Commune, Quang Tri Province, are at risk because of pollution from a fish meal processing factory in Quang Ngang Industrial Park.

The National Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Centre yesterday said the country's northern and central regions would continue to experience dry and hot weather through Sunday at least.

Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said 13 households involved in the recycling of lead should be shifted out of the northern Hung Yen Province's Dong Mai craft village immediately.

More than 1,600 people were dispatched to control a fire that broke out yesterday and destroyed some 20 hectares of pine forest in the Hau Loc and Hoang Hoa districts.

The Prime Minister has issued a decision on the collection and treatment of waste products.

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MoNRE) will ask the Government to postpone a controversial urban development project on the Dong Nai riverbank.

The HCM City People's Committee has submitted a plan to State officials to address the city's flooding problems.

A Japanese company has planned to invest nearly US$80 million into three waste treatment projects in Ho Chi Minh City.

Japan pledged Saturday 55 billion yen ($450 million) in aid to Pacific island nations that are battling rising sea levels and natural calamities as a result of global warming.

Scientists have proposed the establishment of a state company specialised in storing radioactive waste ahead of the construction of two nuclear power plants in Ninh Thuan province.

Ben Tre Province, one of the largest salt producers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, has harvested 30 percent more salt this season because of the prolonged hot weather and high salinity level of sea water.

Vietnam needs a total of 30 billion USD for climate change response through green growth, said a report released at a meeting in Hanoi on May 21.

Scientists have proposed the establishment of a state company specialised in storing radioactive waste ahead of the construction of two nuclear power plants in Ninh Thuan province.

The Vietnamese Government is willing to enhance cooperation with South Africa and other countries in biodiversity conservation both bilaterally and multilaterally, said Vietnamese Ambassador to the African nation Le Huy Hoang.

Thousands of fish have died in a section of the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe canal in HCM City, and are creating a stink for local residents in the summer heat.

A new law was needed to tackle water pollution a workshop has been told in Hanoi.