The southeastern province of Dong Nai has been taking various measures to reduce the amount of waste burial and encourage garbage treatment through recycling and incineration.

An environmentally-friendly waste treatment park will be developed in Tan Lap commune, Thu Thua district, southern Long An province.

The Vietnamese Women Union and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints co-held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 19 for a clean water system in Quy Hoa commune, northern Hoa Binh province.

A workshop is underway in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, discussing how to improve the ability to assess environmental impacts for developers of major development projects in the Mekong Delta.

Many localities across the country, especially in the Northwestern, Central, Central Highlands and Mekong Delta regions, face extremely high forest fire risk due to hot weather and prolonged drought.

Communication work plays the leading role in climate change response as public awareness of this issue still remains inappropriate, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau has struggled to effectively resettle residents affected by soil erosion in coastal areas.

Oil spills at sea are a trans-border environmental problem which requires cooperation among all sides involved to be handled, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Linh Ngoc

The Vietnam Environmental Industry Association called for incentives to promote the development of the industry at a conference in Hanoi on April 15.

Malaysia has destroyed 9.5 tonnes of elephant tusks that the country has confiscated in the past few years.

The number of children in many localities being hospitalised has kept increasing over recent days due to unfavourable weather conditions.

Vietnam appreciates the relevant countries’ efforts to coordinate in the sustainable use of the Mekong River’s water resources, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said on April 14.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in collaboration with the UNDP on April 14 launched the “Vietnam Persistent Organic Pollutants and Sound Harmful Chemicals Management Project".

Viet Xuan Moi Joint Stock Company puts the first phase of a waste treatment plant using European technology into use in Pho Yen town, Thai Nguyen province, from April.