Hau Giang province has undertaken efforts to develop thousands of hectares of forests in areas prone to salinity intrusion such as Long My and Vi Thuy districts, Nga Bay town, and Vi Thanh city.
About 100 kilometres of sea embankment in the south central province of Binh Thuan will be built at an estimated capital of 3.5 trillion VND (159 million USD).
The Vietnam Forest Administration has blamed the recent severe cold weather for partly slowing afforestation progress during the first two months of 2016.
More than 43,000ha of cajuput trees in Ca Mau province's U Minh Ha forest face the threat of forest fires as prolonged drought has caused water levels to decline rapidly.
The southern Binh Thuan province's authorities and experts from the Central Natural Disaster Prevention Department are working out measures to cope with coastal landslides caused by sea erosion.
Many environmentally friendly products such as biodegradable packages have been in the market for years, but the enterprises that produce these products are having a hard time developing them.
No endangered animal has died at Vinpearl Safari Phu Quoc Zoo Park, the southern Kien Giang province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said in its latest report.
The Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang is in urgent need of about 100 billion VND (4.47 million USD) to cope with severe saltwater intrusion and protect crops during the dry season.
Prolonged dry weather has raised the risk of forest fires to extremely high levels across the country, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Department for Forest Protection
More than 11,000 hectares of winter-spring rice crops in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang have been seriously damaged by intruding saltwater, prompting a natural disaster emergency declaration.
Tay Nam Environment, a single member limited liability company, proposed its project to build a solid waste treatment plant at a meeting with Can Tho's authorities on February 24.