There are two key components needed to rid the oceans of plastic, a senior professor has warned.

Vietnam is undergoing attempts to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases in urban areas. Adam Ward, the representative for Vietnam at the Global Green Growth Institute, gives an insight on how the nation can accomplish this mission.

 Two Vietnamese universities were named in the list of the world’s 300 leading global universities on sustainable development.

 Local people in Thanh Hoa Province are worried after thousands of litres of oil spilt on the streets from a military fuel station.

 The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has coordinated with Thailand to place artificial reefs in waters around Phu Quoc island to restore, preserve, and develop local fisheries resources.

 All 36 Vietnamese students won individual and team prizes when competing at the World of Mathematics Team Competition (WMTC) held in Varna, Bulgaria over November 19 -26.

 Humankind had “mortgaged” its future with uncontrolled growth at the expense of the environment for far too long, experts agreed, and urged for the simultaneous pursuit of development and sustainability.

Solid waste can be classified by source or characteristics, and the work has been piloted in HCM City over the past decade. However, shortcomings in waste management and collection have hindered the city’s environmental protection efforts. 

The Vietnam National University, Hanoi and the Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies will co-organise the Hanoi Forum 2018 from November 8-11 in a bid to seek more measures to respond to climate change and boost sustainable development.

 Health insurance has covered just 90 percent of students in Ho Chi Minh City, compared to the target of 98 percent set by the municipal People’s Committee.

 Vietnam will cooperate with Japan in reducing marine plastic waste, according to head of the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands (VASI) Ta Dinh Thi. 

 Although the forest coverage has increased, the quality of Vietnam’s forests have been declining, Director of the Silviculture Research Institute Tran Lam Dong said at a discussion in Hanoi on July 24.

 More than 900,000 candidates across the country are taking for the National High School Exam on Monday, taking the literature test in the morning and the math test in the afternoon.

 The southernmost Ca Mau Province People’s Committee has ordered local authorities to protect people and property from natural disasters by inspecting dykes and solving erosion and flooding incidents as soon as possible.

 Pham Phuong, a 15-year-old student at the Canadian International School, has played the role of Canadian consul general in HCMC after her victory in a contest.

 Twenty eight students in Hanoi were honoured as being ‘Ambassadors of Reading Culture’ during the 2017-2018 school year at an awards ceremony for a writing and presentation contest held on Hanoi Book street on May 26.

 Taiwan-based Formosa Group, which caused the largest environmental damage in 2016, is surprisingly not on the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE)’s list of enterprises and industrial zones to be inspected this year.

 Sharp reduction of oxygen is blamed for the death of over 20 tonnes of fish at Binh Ha 1 Dam’s reservoir in the southern province of Binh Phuoc’s Da Kia Commune since Monday.

 The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) on Monday announced a detailed plan for the implementation of the project ‘Supporting students in their startup activities until 2025’.

 Three Bang lang nuoc  (water crape myrtle) trees in Bang Lang temple, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang have been recognised as heritage trees by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE).