A Vietnamese delegation attended the Vietnam – Laos conference for the development of the industry-trade, energy and mining sectors in the Lao capital of Vientiane from August 16 to 18.

Miners have exploited ore from the earth and left without fulfilling land rehabilitation as required by Vietnamese law.

 One third of the world's protected lands are being degraded by human activities and are not fit for purpose, 

Binh Thuan provincial authorities have been wavering between choosing titanium mining, which brings high profits but seriously damages the environment, and ecotourism projects, which ensure sustainable growth but need a green environment.

Binh Thuan Province has reaped enormous economic benefits from titanium mining, but the industry has also damaged the environment badly, degraded the lives of local residents.

VietNamNet Bridge - The decision to resume the exploitation of Thach Khe, the biggest iron mine in SE Asia, and the biggest ever open-cast mine, has yet to be determined. 

Miners have given back their mines and left Ha Giang province after causing serious consequences to the local environment, but the environmental protection fees were not enough to compensate for the pollution local people are suffering. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Miners have left land areas without cleaning up their debris, leaving scrapyards, polluted earth and ‘death holes’.

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After 10 years of consideration, Vietnam still has not made a clear statement about whether it will join EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative). The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has been blamed for the delay.

VietNamNet Bridge - People in Ha Tinh province, which has South East Asia’s largest iron ore mine, have not see the benefits from mining as promised. Meanwhile, they are experiencing tough days because of the lack of water.

 The exploitation of an iron mine has caused landslide, damaging some 25ha of rice fields in Ho Hamlet, Huong Son Commune, Huong Hoa District of the in this Central Quang Tri Province.

Plans to evaluate mineral reserves and marine natural resources and to help residents better adapt to climate change nationwide - especially in the Mekong Delta region – are high up this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 359 companies on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, 99.4 per cent of the total, have published their financial reports for the last quarter of 2014 before the deadline,

Hundreds of households in An Khanh Commune in Thai Nguyen province’s Dai Tu District have had no running water to use for several years because of a coal mine, the provincial Department of Natural Resources and the Environment has said.

The Cha stream, a main source of water for domestic use and irrigation in Luong Noi and Ha Trung Communes in Thanh Hoa Province, has turned cloudy and red due to discharge from a local mine.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Completion of a draft law on sea and island resources and environment will be the main priority of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's General Department of Sea and Islands this year.

Hundreds of people have been flocking to the Cu Klong commune in Krong Nang district of the central province of Dak Lak these days to look for sapphire and quartz crystals they believe are under the earth in the forests.

A lot of big investors rushed to Ha Giang province to exploit minerals. Many of them have become moneyless as they injected money in empty holes under the earth, while the local land has become deserted.