VietNamNet Bridge – Residents living in outlying areas of Ha Noi continue to face challenges brought by urbanisation, participants heard at a conference yesterday, Oct 27.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Natural forest area, located in zone 1668 and 1674 in Quang Son Commune of Dak Glong District in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, has gradually vanished.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi’s People’s Committee has urged the People’s Committee in Soc Son District to review their management of agricultural land after local households have reportedly illegally built houses on farmland.

 Agriculture is the biggest driver of deforestation globally fueled by a growing demand for food, yet it is possible to feed the world without cutting forests,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Subdividing land into housing-sized pieces to sell off is rampant in HCM City, especially in suburban areas, but according to analysts and officials, it is a violation of the law and undermines urban planning.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The population of Vietnam started ageing in 2011 and it took the country 17-20 years to have an ageing population, much shorter than in developed countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has replaced the single-dimensional approach to poverty with the multidimensional measurement method for 2016 – 2020 period, said an official.

The Mekong Delta had experienced a hard process since the 19th century to turn a salt-marsh and wild region into the rice granary of Vietnam with over 3.8 million hectares of agricultural land and annual rice output exceeding 20 million tons now.

 A town in central Turkey has seen nine sinkholes appear in just three months, it's reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government is urging construction companies to use unbaked bricks in place of traditional bricks, the production of which cuts into agricultural land and pollutes the environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Regulations on Vietnamese nationality retention, administrative violation sanctions in monetary and banking area, land price framework are among the fresh policies that take effect in December.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Inspectors in HCM City discovered that more than 550 houses were built without licences in the city's Go Vap and Binh Chanh districts last month.

 VietNamNet Bridge - For most farmers, land is considered property and the major means of production. Yet recently, many farmers in the Mekong Delta had to sell land to pay debts.