Environment

Authorities in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have urgently requested the suspension of a pig farm in Lang Chanh District.

Many irrigation reservoirs in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien have seen low water levels despite the current rainy season.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau is seeking more than VNĐ26.8 trillion (US$1.05 billion) from the Government to invest in emergency works to prevent erosion, which is growing increasingly worse along the coast and threatening lives of local people.

A new heat wave is forecast to hit the northern and central regions on Friday after nearly a week of rainy weather.

Thousands of households in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa's Lang Chanh District have complained about severe environmental pollution caused by a large-scale pig farm.

Many areas in the Central Highlands City of Dalat have been deeply submerged following heavy rains.

Many fish have been found dead at a lake in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

Many people have complained that the Xuan Truong Waste Treatment Plant in Dalat City has polluted surrounding areas.

Construction of the Nhiêu Lộc - Thị Nghè wastewater treatment plant project in HCM City, which will be the largest in Southeast Asia, is around 41 per cent complete and is expected to be put into use in June

The World Bank has approved a US$107 million credit to enhance the capacity, efficiency, and safety of inland waterways in the southern region of Vietnam, while also aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector.

A severely polluted canal in the central city of Danang will be upgraded to become a park, following VND105 billion (USD4.12 million) in investment.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has officially recognised Cát Tiên National Park in southern Vietnam as the 72nd addition to its prestigious Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas.

According to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, heavy rains will fall in the Central Highlands and Southern regions in the next three days.

The southern province of Tien Giang is calling investors to carry out a waste treatment plant with a total capital of around VND640 billion (USD 25.14 million).

The northern region is set to enjoy a temporary break from the heatwave amid rainy conditions next week, according to Nguyen Van Huong, head of the Weather Forecasting Department at the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Rubbish has blanketed Man Quang Bay in Son Tra District in the central city of Danang, causing severe pollution.

Farmer Bao Mingchen gestured to a dry pipe where water typically irrigates a patch of crops, the soil now cracked under a drought hitting China's vast agricultural hinterland.

A troop of around 50 monkeys have damaged crops in a village in the northern mountainous province of Son La.

A strange species has just been discovered by a cave exploration team of the Jungle Boss Co., Ltd, in Hùng Cave within a strictly protected area of the Phong Nha – Kẻ Bàng National Park in the central province