Holcim Vietnam Ltd. will provide around 1 million USD to preserve and restore the ecological system of the limestone mountain in the Mekong delta province of Kien Giang from now

Every river in inner Ha Noi is heavily polluted and a major health risk, according to the latest report by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) will help conserve biodiversity hotspots in Vietnam as part of its new funding plan for civil society-engaged biodiversity conservation in Indochina.

The Prime Minister on August 12, 2008 approved a plan to turn the coastal southern central region into an important sea-based economic zone from now till 2025.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will start charging fees for forest environmental services on a trial basis in several provinces as from January, 2009.

An ecotourism company from HCMC has released animals including deer, wild boars, tortoises, pythons and snakes, porcupines and species of bird into natural forest in the central highlands.

The Nam Cat Tien National Park in southern Dong Nai Province on July 12 put into operation a wildlife rescue centre, specializing in primate.

Almost 4 ha of saline-submerged land in Ninh Hoa district, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, were put under mangrove between July 25-27 under a Japan-Vietnam afforestation programme.

The food safety and hygiene quality and acute diarrhoea prevention were investigated on July 21, 2008 in Quy Nhon City.