(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Scientists call sand the “skeleton” from which the Mekong River Delta was formed.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Severe, frequent droughts are seriously threatening water security, Truong Dinh Du, formerly with the Viet Nam Institute for Water Resources Development, tells Nong Thon Ngay Nay.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - An attempt to misuse environmental protection fees collected from miners was uncovered by a Vietnam Minerals Coalition survey.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Lung Vi Hamlet of Dong Phuong Commune in Chuong My District in Hanoi has been marked with a red sign on the “cancer village” map drawn by government agencies. However, no action has been taken, while more and more residents have died of cancer.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - For more than a week, the surface of Vam Co Dong River in the southern province of Tay Ninh has been blanketed with water hyacinths, due to pollution.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Scientists have rung the alarm bell over increasingly serious pollution of water sources, saying that pollution is becoming uncontrollable.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - The Truong Giang River contains waste water from thousands of shrimp ponds in the coastal districts of Thang Binh and Nui Thanh in the central province of Quang Nam.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Farmers in Dak To District's Tan Canh Commune claim they are forced to use polluted water pumped from the Poko River to water their coffee bushes.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - The sea near Vietnam has been seriously damaged by waste from industrial and agricultural production, aquaculture, domestic rubbish, and oil pollution caused by shipbuilding and shipping.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - For at least 40 years, hundreds of households in Huong Khe District in the central province of Ha Tinh have had to survive using water resources contaminated with petroleum.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Scientists have warned that underground water in rural areas near industrial zones is becoming seriously polluted and depleted.