HCM City authorities have decided to not give priority to funding projects that do not result in sustainable development, Nguyen Thanh Tai, deputy chairman of the People's Committee of HCM City, said.
Recently, the 2011 Summer Campaign with the theme “adaptation to climate change” was launched in Long Thoi Commune, Nha Be District, Ho Chi Minh City.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has announced to organize the 6th International Conference 2012 to cope with the climate change in mid April, 2012.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has announced that the Cat Tien Biosphere Reserve was renamed the Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve.
The recent ‘Lang Co Festival 2011’ from July 9-10 this year, was a great opportunity for the region to promote its “World’s Most Beautiful Bay” to local and foreign investors and tourists.
A major impediment in the path to saving the polluted Dong Nai River is a conflict of interests between environmental protection and economic benefits. The Dong Nai river system plays an extremely important role in the economic development of 12 provinces and cities, including Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Ba Ria Vung Tau, Long An, Tay Ninh, Lam Dong, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan.
A new set of four stamps depicting dragonflies was recently issued by the Vietnam Post Corporation.
The Saigon River has become more and more seriously polluted due to the increasingly high volume of untreated water discharged to the river every day. Meanwhile, both competent agencies and scientists are still fumbling for an effective solution to control the polluted river.
Pollution increases rapidly, solutions come late.
Illicit sand exploitation along the Cai River in Khanh Hoa Province has caused serious landslides, threatening people’s lives.
According to the new criteria issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, 20 more exotic species have been listed as possibly invasive.