Phung Thi Hung, chair of the Hanoi-based Cat Tuong Technology and Import/Export Company, has announced that her company has successfully made safe herbicides from natural herbs.

VietNamNet Bridge - District 12 alone has 18 canals that need to be improved with needed investment capital of VND817 billion.

If Vietnam does not change its way of developing its economy, it could be listed among the world’s top 10 countries with high pollution by 2035 and surpass China in pollution levels, economists have warned.

VietNamNet Bridge - Every year, Vietnam loses 5 percent of GDP due to pollution. Last year, Hanoi topped the list of the most polluted cities in South East Asia.

VietNamNet Bridge - Illegal sand exploitation has become hotter than ever, with many beautiful rivers becoming huge sand mining fields.

VietNamNet Bridge - The increase in population and different kinds of production in the country have led to an increase in solid waste. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Ha Long Bay, attracting over 3 million domestic and foreign visitors each year, has to bear tons of garbage and tens of thousands of cubic meters of untreated waste water each day.

JA Solar Vietnam is building a big $280 million solar panel plant in Bac Giang province, though it has still not submitted a report on the possible impact on the environment as stipulated by law.

VietNamNet Bridge - Large construction sites which don’t strictly follow standard procedures are contributing to dust pollution throughout the city.

VietNamNet Bridge - Setting caught animals free is a behavior praised in Buddhist teachings, but releasing harmful exotic species can damage the environment, experts warn. 

More than 50 serious pollution cases were discovered in 2016, including the mass fish deaths in four provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue in the central region.

VietNamNet Bridge - Collecting and treating waste in rural areas is a difficult task for local authorities, but dry anaerobic composting model may prove to be a good solution. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists say that problems in river basin management, due to a lack of cooperation among agencies, are threatening the country's water security.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of unowned import containers of waste banned by Vietnam have been left at HCMC ports, causing problems for port authorities. 

VietNamNet Bridge - As elephants are now facing a threat of extinction in Vietnam, the country has decided to spend big money on elephant conservation programs.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam imports 2,000 tons per annum of Carbendazim, a toxic substance believed to cause cancer.

VietNamNet Bridge - For developing countries in the period of rapid industrial development like Vietnam, the increase in the number of cancer cases appears to be a byproduct of fast growth.

One of the important issues in the Water Resources Act is the shift from subsidy management to market price management. However, this has raised fears that  agricultural production costs will increase.

VietNamNet Bridge - Due to lax management over waste discharge, many agricultural areas in suburbs and industrial zone neighborhoods are becoming ‘dead land’. 

2016 has been a year full of burning environmental issues, with Vietnam saying that it would not welcome foreign investors who conduct transfer pricing or cause environmental problems.