Hanoi authorities gathered a meeting to discuss the surface water exploitation amid the warning that the underground water cannot satisfy the increasing demand of the city.
Smoke discharges from thousands of brick-kilns in the Mekong Delta have polluted the environment and impacted human health and agricultural productivity.
Investigation Police Ha Tinh Province said they would take strict action against those responsible for illegal felling of trees and denuding forest land in Huong Son District's Son Hong Commune.
Some of the country's protected forests may be under threat if a proposal from the Vietnam Administration of Forestry's Financial and Planning Department is approved.
Russian and South Korean scientists have signed a deal on joint research intended to recreate a woolly mammoth, an animal which last walked the earth some 10,000 years ago.
A delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is attending the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille, France, from March 12-16.
Developing green works has become a growing tendency in the construction industry, because experts believe that green works will create a better and more economical living standard.