Leaders of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 17 met with a visiting delegation from the Embassies of Canada, New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland to discuss issues related to erosion, climate change, migration, and the city's current needs for support and cooperation.

The Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment (ISPONRE) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are building steps to implement a project on enhancing the capacity of plastic pollution management in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Chairman of the Hanoi administration Tran Sy Thanh received US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper on March 12, outlining future cooperation orientations between the capital city and the US Embassy.

VOV.VN - The air quality in Hanoi reached “very unhealthy” levels in the early morning of March 5, placing the capital at the top of the world’s most air polluted cities list.

VOV.VN - The capital was placed second among the worst air-polluted cities in the world on March 4, according to data released by Switzerland-based air quality monitor IQAir AirVisual.

VOV.VN - The administration of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, has decided to build a cycle lane on a trial basis in an effort to reduce environmental pollution and create a new green tourism product.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has recommended that Vietnamese kindergartens and elementary schools consider temporarily closing the door if air pollution in their localities climbs to hazardous levels for three consecutive days.

Ten localities in Vietnam are taking actions to fight plastic pollution under Plastic Smart Cities (PSC), an initiative put forward by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Vietnam has developed a system of hydrometeorological and environmental monitoring stations across the country, including monitoring acid deposition, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh said at the 25th session of the Intergovernmental Meeting on the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET) held in Hanoi on November 29.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese capital ranked fourth among the top 100 worst air-polluted cities in the world on November 28, according to data released by Switzerland-based air quality monitor IQAir AirVisual.