The use of plastic bags hasn't changed much, despite the fact that the Law on Environmental Protection has been in effect for around two months.

Water quality in canals has worsened in Ho Chi Minh City with a constant flow of polluted waste being dumped from industrial units, despite the city authorities’ best efforts.

A workshop to promote cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and Osaka city of Japan in managing solid waste took place in Ho Chi Minh City.

A project, which is carried out in 11 cities and provinces nationwide between 2011 and 2015, is expected to improve the environment in seriously polluted areas in these localities.

Ten sea reserves and 19 inland waters reserves will have been established and put into use by 2015, according to a program on protecting and developing seafood resources.

The wastewater from the Dung Quat Bio-Ethanol Plant is being blamed for killing thousands of fish in Quang Ngai Province.

Authorities in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue have started to build two conservation stations in forests inhabited by the Saola, one of the world's rarest mammals, in A Luoi District.