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Construction suspended at controversial urban project in Nha Trang

Authorities in Khanh Hoa Province have asked the investor of the Haborizon Nha Trang project to stop construction until they get permits from relevant departments.

Protective forest destroyed in Dak Lak

A large area of protective forest in the central highlands province of Dak Lak was destroyed during the Tet holiday.

Forests enrich illegal loggers: NA deputies

News about forest devastation cases occurring throughout the country have appeared in newspapers recently. Deforestation has also been a hot item on the agenda of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee.

Illegal logging in Quang Nam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local administration and provincial agencies are investigating illegal logging in the Bac Tra My District’s protective forest.

Hydropower plant makes people’s lives upset

VietNamNet Bridge - The lives of hundreds of thousands of households in the downstream Ba River has been upset since the day the An Khe-Kanak blocked the stream to store water for electricity generation in September 2011.


Binh Thuan: 20 hectares of protective forests destroyed in two months

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 20 hectares of protective forests around the Da Mi hydropower reservoir in Binh Thuan province have been cleared in just the last two months. Meanwhile, agencies have blamed each other.

VN bans exploitation of rare protective forest species

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has banned the exploitation of precious, rare and endangered fauna and flora and those species that are protected by law in natural, protective forests.

Tra Vinh province: protective forest ravaged for firewood

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of cork trees in the Con Nang Protective Forest in the Cau Ngang District of Tra Vinh Province have been felled for firewood.

Protective forest destroyed to build … cemetery

About nine hectares of the forest protecting against sand encroachment and climate change have been cleared to give place to a cemetery project covering an area of 10 hectares in Loc Ha district of Ha Tinh province.

Dau Tieng protective forest in danger

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Dau Tieng protective forest in Tan Chau district of Tay Ninh province has been encroached on by local people, who need land for cultivation.