Over the last several days, the Tho Quang Wastewater Treatment Plant has been causing heavy pollution around residential areas in Son Tra District in the central city of Da Nang, making it unbearable for thousands of households to cope with the stinking smell.

Dak Lak and Dak Nong provinces have leased forest land to enterprises to grow rubber trees, manage and protect the forests. However, while the rubber projects still cannot bring profits, the green forests have been seriously devastated.

Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department for Natural Resources and the Environment--Pham Van Khanh has admitted that the environment pollution has existed for many years, but still cannot be settled.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is coordinating with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to host the Sixth International Conference on Community-based Adaptation (CBA6) in Hanoi from April 19-22.

A national Green Climate Fund will soon be set up to facilitate future financial flow from the global Green Climate Fund into Vietnam.

HA NOI — The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has drafted a new circular regulating types of waste that can be imported to Viet Nam for treatment and disposal.

Thousands of students and workers took part in the fifth ‘Waste Recycling Festival’ launched by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment on April 15.

The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will this year continue to assist Vietnam to monitor and compile its greenhouse gases inventory.

The PM has agreed to re-allocate the credit No. 3475-VN in the framework of the World Bank (WB)-funded Hồ Chí Minh City Environmental Sanitation Project.

The Prime Minister has approved targets for the National Programme for Rural Water Supplies and Sanitation during the 2012-15 period.