Here’s an updated list of articles, blog posts, and reports about environmental pollution in Viet Nam. I’ll also include related articles about development. It’s a way for me to track and share them with those who are interested and care about the natural world we all share. They are listed in descending chronological order. Let me know if you have any suggestions. I will also include positive articles because we could all use good news occasionally. (Status: 16.5.23)

Provinces in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta struggle with waste management (11.5.23) Tuoi Tre News
Experts call for reducing plastic waste at Vietnam’s tourist hotspots (15.4.23) VNExpress International
Tourism businesses should be pioneers in plastic waste reduction: Vietnam tourism assoc chair (14.4.23) Tuoi Tre News
Da Lat golf course to add parking lots, mall (14.4.23) VNExpress International
Tourists complain as trash washes up in Ha Long Bay (10.4.23) VNExpress International
Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay grapples with floating styrofoam buoys (10.4.23) Tuoi Tre News
Da Lat pine forest on fire for 8 hours (8.4.23) VNExpress International
Central Highlands losing forest bit by bit (7.4.23) VNExpress International
Iconic Da Nang river blanketed with trash (19.3.23) VNExpress International
Hanoi second most polluted city in Southeast Asia: survey (16.3.23) VNExpress International
Thousands of tons of trash in Da Lat landfill burning for days (15.3.23) VNExpress International
Hai Phong stuck with 4 million tons of fertilizer production waste (7.3.23) VNExpress International
Garbage and more hinder Vietnamese tourism (23.2.23) VNExpress International
Tourists discard hundreds of tons of plastic waste each year in Vietnam: report (21.2.23) VNExpress International
HCMC canal remains stinky, polluted despite cleanup project (16.2.23) VNExpress International
Hanoi’s air quality suffers while Saigon air remains good Wednesday (8.2.23) VNExpress International
Hanoians among those least satisfied with their local environment (7.1.23) VNExpress International
2022
HCMC seen cancelling two long-stalled waste treatment projects (27.12.22) The Saigon Times
In Vietnam, a forest grown from the ashes of war falls to a resort project (20.12.22) Conservation News
Salt rising, river slowing: Climate change drives harsh realities for people in the Mekong Delta (17.12.22) CNA (Channel NewsAsia)
Starving the Mekong (15.12.22) Reuters
Garbage spread all over Cam Ranh Bay’s tourist island (17.12.22) VNExpress International
Northern city piles up 5,000 tons of untreated trash along main road (11.12.22) VNExpress International
Opinion: The Mekong Delta is drowning in ‘sand debt’ – it urgently needs a sand budget (7.12.11) The Third Pole
Beyond the hype, a dirty side of Da Lat (2.12.22) VNExpress International
Khánh Hoà issues master plan for Nha Trang Bay restoration (16.11.22) Viet Nam News
Littering, safety issues of concern as camping gains traction (1.11.22) VNExpress International
Burning garbage in Hanoi threatens residents’ health, property (4.10.22) VietNamNet
Graffiti is visual pollution, an eyesore Vietnam can do without (24.10.22) VNExpress International
Trash washes up on central Vietnam beaches in wake of storms (22.10.22) VNExpress International
Requiem for a river – Can one of the world’s great waterways survive its development? (13.2.16) The Economist
Oil spill in river leaves Hanoi apartment residents scrambling for water (24.9.22) VNExpress International
Public urination ‘pisses off’ residents in Ho Chi Minh City (20.9.22) Tuoi Tre News
You can’t eat money: the cost of unlimited growth (8.9.22) VNExpress International
Experts blame Da Lat’s serious flooding on greenhouses, garbage, concrete (4.9.22) Tuoi Tre News
Tackling the Waste Challenge Toward a Greener, Circular Economy (27.8.22) Cities Development Initiative
Will the sorting of waste at source become a non-starter? (18.8.22) VNExpress International
Tourism projects found encroaching on Phu Quoc marine sanctuary (17.8.22) VNExpress International
Waste treatment on Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island raises concern (16.8.22) Tuoi Tre News
No ideal waste treatment technology for Vietnam yet (9.8.22) VNExpress International
Vietnam tourist island to ban single-use plastics (8.8.22) VNExpress International
HCMC’s water supply, lifeblood of 13 million, faces serious problems (4.8.22) VNExpress International
Mekong delta tightens measures to fight erosion (30.7.22) Viet Nam News
Pine trees die en masse at golf course project in Vietnam’s Central Highlands (19.7.22) Tuoi Tre News
Long-term action plans to service a circular economy (17.7.22) Vietnam Investment Review
Vietnam loses $3 bln a year not recycling plastic: UNDP (16.7.22) VNExpress International
Vietnam’s ‘Giant’s Causeway’ imperiled by lobster rafts (11.7.22) Tuoi Tre News
Sustainable products stimulating business (5.7.22) Vietnam Investment Review
Plastic from greenhouse boom blights Vietnam’s vegetable basket (1.7.22) The Third Pole
Phu Quoc forests in state of emergency (29.6.22) Tuoi Tre News
Vietnam halts scuba diving off popular island to protect coral (27.6.22) Tuoi Tre News
In the Mekong Delta, sand mining means lost homes and fortunes (23.6.22) Mekong Eye MAA: Stupid is as stupid does
Beaches trashed in central, southern Vietnam (26.5.22) VNExpress International
As Vietnam reopens, villagers seek more sustainable tourism (4.5.22) Al Jazeera
Vietnam’s cable car craze is driving environmental decline (2.5.22) Globe
Mekong River’s water level in red alert due to hydroelectric dams (26.4.22) Viet Nam News
42 tonnes of untreated hazardous waste, including mercury and sulfur, discovered at Vietnam lamp factory (25.4.22) Tuoi Tre News
Human activities threaten Saigon River: experts (24.4.22) VNExpress International
Green tourism needs drastic action (17.4.22) The Saigon Times
Vietnam builds master plan to cut air pollution (14.4.22) VNExpress International
The Zero-Waste School Movement Is Finding Its Stride In Vietnam (14.4.22) NewSecurityBeat (blog)
Dong Nai wants highway diverted away from biosphere reserve (14.4.22) VNExpress International
Vietnam: Fewer Natural Forests, Increasingly More Golf Courses (11.4.22) An International Educator in Viet Nam
Vietnam looks for solutions to plastic pollution where government fails (31.3.22) China Dialogue
Quang Nam proposes removing protective forests for construction (28.3.22) VNExpress International
Construction of $148mn coastal tourist route begins in Vietnamese province (27.3.22) Tuoi Tre News
Garbage covers beaches near Ha Long Bay (26.3.22) VNExpress International
Hurtling toward the point of saturation (20.3.22) Tuoi Tre News
Trash fills beaches in Vietnamese province ahead of summer tourist season (20.3.22) Tuoi Tre News
Pollution threatens 335 species in Vietnam: report (12.3.22) VNExpress International
Vietnam among 20 countries with largest plastic waste discharge (3.3.22) VietnamNet Global
The Greening of Vietnam and Environmentalism 2.0 (28.2.22) Geopolitical Monitor
The toxicity of agriculture in the Mekong delta (23.2.22) Water Science Policy
Trash, Trash, Everywhere, Everywhere! (19.2.22) An International Educator in Viet Nam
Putting Garbage In Its Place (25.2.22) An International Educator in Viet Nam
Ocean of trash washes up on central Vietnam beaches (1.1.22) Tuoi Tre News
PM2.5 pollution still problematic across Vietnam (2.12.21) VietnamNet Global
2021
Eastern part of Ho Chi Minh City could be underwater by 2030: Climate Central (8.11.21) Tuoi Tre News
Why Việt Nam needs a circular economy for plastics (10.4.21) Viet Nam News
Vietnam needs to get wise about being healthy and wealthy (28.7.21) VNExpress International
Air pollution top environmental concern among Vietnamese citizens (13.3.21) VNExpress International
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