Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Experts say 70% of nation’s coral reefs are damaged
The experts said the main culprit in the decline of coral cover is blast fishing and the use of illegal small meshed fishing nets that destroy the coral. There is also the unregulated extraction of coral.
Vietnam dumps almost all urban wastewater untreated into the environment
Vietnam treats just 13 percent of its urban wastewater, says a report carried in a publication by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.