Authorities in Central Highlands province of Dak Nong have asked the Dak Nong Aluminum Company to ensure that aluminum powder is not released into the environment.

 Many people in Quang Tri Province are still destroying the forest to create short-term agricultural land despite a prime ministerial order to close all forests in the area last year.    

 The central Quang Tri Province will lay a new water pipeline swiftly so that Van Hoa villagers stop consuming metal-contaminated underground water, which is suspectedly making them ill.

 Ha Quoc Quy, a local in HCM City has transferred a protected bird to Saigon Zoo on June 29.

 Nearly 920,000 cubic metres of mud and soil will be dredged and then dumped in the sea to construct the Vinh Tan 1 Coal Power Plant, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Landslides hit two districts of the southernmost province of Ca Mau on Tuesday, damaging four households and incurring losses of some VNĐ700 million (US$30,800).

 Mountains in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ha Long Bay are being destroyed for stones by the navy.

 Nine bears raised at a bile farm in Di An town, Binh Duong province were rescued by the Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) on June 26.

 As a centre of the Mekong Delta, Can Tho is expected to pioneer in the enhancement of urban resilience in Vietnam, heard a workshop held in the city on June 27.

 Although the controversial tourism development plan for the Son Tra Peninsula in Danang City is still waiting for final approval from the prime minister, a vast area of forest has already been cleared and illegally posted no entry signs are apparent.

 The 65-year-old war veteran Trần Đức Minh has never forgotten the moment he stumbled on a tree trunk while chasing poachers in Nhàn mountain, leaving his feet bleeding.

 Vietnam should calculate in advance damage caused by climate change as its effects have become more obvious and devastating in recent years, with changes in temperature and rainfall, sea level rises and extreme weather.

 Sea level rise scenarios facing Vietnam

 The Hanoi Party’s Committee is focusing on all necessary measures to address environmental pollution – which is at an alarming level.

 Vietnam will face grave consequences if it does not take strict action against pollution while striving to achieve the goal of 7% annual economic growth and power sector's 11% annual growth.

 People’s Committee in the highlands province of Lam Dong has issued fine of VND400million ($17,601) to Atlantic Vietnam Company in Bao Loc city-based Loc Son Industrial Park.

 Vietnam aims to increase the nationwide forest coverage to 42 percent, equivalent to 14.4 million hectares, by 2020, according to the target programme on sustainable forest development during 2016-2020 recently approved by the Prime Minister.

 24 coastal areas in the Mekong Delta with a total length of 147 km have recorded landslide and soil erosion.

 Coastal communes in the southern central province of Quang Ngai are facing alarming environmental pollution as a result of the waste discharged from residential areas, industrial production and tourism activities.

Cua Dai Beach was known as one of the most stunning beaches in Asia. However, the beautiful beach has been threatened by coastal erosion in recent years.