VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam Environment Administration Director General Nguyen Van Tai talks with Viet Nam News about the environmental challenges Viet Nam is facing and what to expect in the future.

Education for Nature-Vietnam, Vietnam’s first NGO focused on the conservation of nature and environmental protection, launched a short film on August 18 to increase awareness of the illegal consumption of endangered species and their products

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several canals in HCM City have been seriously polluted by junk and waste thrown in by neighbouring residents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Kon Ka Kinh national park, dubbed the “roof of Gia Lai Province”, is set to become a biodiversity reserve hub owing to its diversified flora and fauna.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Hoang Quan, a member of the Party Central Committee and chairman of the HCM City People's Committee, told Vietnam News Agency about the city's goals and socio-economic achievements.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The environmental protection police and the Ha Noi police found 32 king cobras being illegally transported in an interprovincial vehicle, after it was stopped for checking in Hoang Mai District.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There is great potential for applying the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model in environmental protection, but this has not happened because a proper legal framework is missing, experts say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Efforts are on to improve the quality of the Dong Nai River and safeguard the health of 20 million people living along it, but huge investments in wastewater treatment

Chief justices and senior members of judiciaries from ASEAN member countries discussed ways to step up their cooperation in addressing environmental challenges at a roundtable that opened in Hanoi on December 13.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Industrial zones that discharge wastewater should receive heavy fines, manager of the Integrated Wastewater Concept for Industrial Zones Bui Duy Cam told Kinh te&Do thi newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Viet Ngai, chairman of the Viet Nam Energy Association (VEA), tells Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) that small-scale hydropower plants have to be shut down

 VietNamNet Bridge – All of Vietnam’s 16 economic sectors will need around 7.6 billion USD of investment in environmentally friendly technology,

VietNamNet Bridge – Limited investment in research and poor management have hindered the development of science and technology in the country.

Residents of Khanh Hoa Province have been complaining about the strong fragrance of a blossoming tree called alstonia scholaris, or devil's tree.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A revised law allowing the import of used ships has inspired spirited debate amongst authorities and experts. While some believe the law will boost the profitable shipping industry,

Three young children drown in lake; Free measles-rubella shots given to 757,000 children; HCM City students suspended for sexual harassment; Ho Chi Minh City invests US$524 million in environmental protection

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thang Long Environmental Service Joint Stock Company has opened a VND160 billion waste treatment plant in Ha Noi's outlying district of Son Tay that uses advanced incineration technology

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has to deal with a series of environmental protection challenges, particularly the management of solid waste due to increased urbanisation and industrialisation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas Vietnamese (OV) last week voiced concerns over a new circular on second-hand machine imports, saying the new rules would hit their operations.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Tong Van Thom, a waste collector in HCM City, has amassed a large quantity of vintage rubbish, which he skillfully turns into unique items.