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The draft revised Law on Environmental Protection will be tabled for discussion on May 26 as part of the ninth session of the 14th National Assembly.

A number of industrial zones (IZs) around Vietnam now possess concentrated waste treatment systems that contribute to mitigating environmental pollution, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has reported.

The Earth needs protection every day. Here are a few tips to save the Earth. Some should be done right now, some should be done right after COVID-19 is brought under control.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has allocated 800 million VND (nearly 34,000 USD) to five provinces which have declared an emergency due to saltwater intrusion.

The People’s Committee of the southern province of Dong Nai has called on relevant agencies and the public to take proactive measures to ward off a freshwater shortage as drought and saltwater intrusion in rivers cause an increasing shortage.

Hanoi will complete a system of 81 air quality monitoring stations by the end of this year, said Director of the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Trong Dong on February 5.

A draft national strategy on environmental protection from 2021-2030 focuses on fighting sources of pollution while boosting a low-carbon emission economy, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE).

The southernmost province of Ca Mau attracted 24 investment projects with total registered capital of more than 21.5 trillion VND (925 million USD) in 2019, bringing the number of projects in the locality to 318, capitalised at 99.66 trillion VND (4.28 billion USD).

A tree-planting festival was launched in Khuon Dien village, Kim Quan commune, Yen Son district, the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang, on January 29 or the fifth day of the first lunar month.

Visitors flocked to Phat Tich pagoda in Tien Du district, the northern province of Bac Ninh, for a local annual spring festival held on January 28 (the fourth day of the first lunar month).

After a hard day at work, Luu Chung Nghia from Vong La commune on the outskirts of Hanoi returns home to his favourite hobby: creating toys from trash.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has identified the direction for protecting the environment, said Minister Tran Hong Ha in an exclusive interview with the VietnamPlus in the run-up to the Year of the Rat.

The Government issued a resolution on January 1 outlining major tasks and solutions to realize the country’s socio-economic development plan and state budget estimates in 2020.

Economic development must go together with environmental protection and social development to ensure sustainable growth and prosperity, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Kindergartens and primary schools in Hanoi will be closed if the air quality index (AQI) hits 300 and above, equivalent to hazardous levels, city authorities announced on December 25.

Vietnam’s southern hub of Ho Chi Minh City and Finland have cooperation prospects in various fields such as education, innovation, and environmental protection, a local official has said.

Vietnam’s tourism sector has launched the “Go Green” campaign in response to the movement of saying NO to plastic waste of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnam's environmental protection planning is expected to be zoned in three levels.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment announced it had issued a set of environmental indicators to evaluate results of environmental protection nationwide.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has informed voters in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho about the outcomes of the freshly concluded 8th session of the parliament.