Endangered sea turtle rescued in Quang Ngai
The animal, weighing approximately 12kg, is currently being cared for before being released back into its natural habitat.
🦂 Quang Ngai to spend 120.5 million USD on wastewater treatment system
The central province of Quang Ngai plans to invest 2.8 trillion VND (120.5 million USD) in a wastewater treatment system from 2020 to 2025.
🦩 Initiative to help Quang Ngai build carbon-free islands
An initiative will be carried out in Ly Son island district, Quang Ngai province, so as to help islands in the central locality to be free of carbon.
🔯 “Village without waste” project implemented in Quang Ngai
A 10,000 USD project funded by Pacific Environment (PE) to minimize domestic solid waste has kicked off in Duc Pho district, the central province of Quang Ngai.
ꦬ Quang Ngai calls for more assistance to curb coastal erosion
The People’s Committee of central Quang Ngai province has sought 233 billion VND (10 million USD) from the Government for undertaking urgent works to prevent coastal erosion.
ꦫ Quang Ngai struggles to eliminate old-style brick kilns
The smoke and dust caused by traditional brick kilns has long been considered a threat to the environment and residents' health, but many obstacles stand in the way of their elimination.
Volunteers clean up Ly Son island in Quang Ngai
A group of 500 volunteers from the group for Ly Son No Plastic Waste and local islanders joined a beach clean-up activity on March 8.
ܫ Quang Ngai street art: more than just house decorations
A street art programme, entitled “I love the ocean/Born to be wild”, in the An Binh islet commune in the central province of Quang Ngai aims to raise public awareness of environmental protection and marine life conservation.
ꦫ Strict environmental control set for paper, cement plants
Authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai have threatened to shut down a cement plant in Binh Dong commune if the plant’s management board does not take measure to improve air quality and dust emissions.
ꦛ Funds allocated to preserve Ly Son Marine Protected Area
Quang Ngai province has allocated funds of 42 billion VND to support ecosystem recovery and biodiversity supervision as well as strengthening the protection of the Ly Son Marine Protected Area for the 2018-22 period.
✤ Ly Son islanders urged not to use plastic bags, straws
IUCN has launched a communication campaign to cut the use of plastic bags on Ly Son island, as a prelude to its sea turtle conservation programme on the island.
Unique coral reef found on Ly Son
Experts from the Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources have found a complex of fossilised coral – believed to date from 4,000 to 6,000 years ago – on the coast of Ly Son Island.
♒ Sea turtle safety awareness plan to launch in 2018
IUCN plans to launch a communication campaign to promote the non-use of plastic bags as a prelude to its sea turtle conservation programme on Ly Son Island in 2018.
Quang Ngai investigates massive fish deaths
A working delegation from Quang Ngai’s husbandry and animal health department collected dead fish samples for testing to find out the cause of the recent massive fish deaths in Binh Son district.
๊ Biologists, residents warn on building paper mill in Quang Ngai
A planned wood-pulp plant in Binh Son district of central Quang Ngai province would destroy 50ha of nipa palm forest, causing pollution, loss of biodiversity, and irrevocable damage to local lifestyles, biologists and residents warn.
ꦕ More efforts needed to preserve biodiversity on Ly Son Island
Destructive human activities have put coral reefs, sea grass beds and many other marine species off Ly Son Island at risk in recent years, with local authorities urged to make more efforts to preserve the unique ecosystem.
Pollution concerns in Quang Ngai province
Coastal communes in the south central province of Quang Ngai are facing alarming environmental pollution as a result of the waste discharged from residential areas, industrial production and tourism activities.
൲ Island commune in Quang Ngai to have solar power
Construction on a 166Kwh-solar power project will begin in the island commune of An Binh (or Be Island) in Ly Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai in June.
꧙ Deputy PM inspects flood-hit areas in Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on December 9 visited Tuy Phuoc district in the south central province of Binh Dinh, one of the hardest hit areas by recent floods where many villages are still being isolated.
𒀰 Endangered douc langur handed over to national park
The forest management authorities of Ba To district in the central province of Quang Ngai on May 23 handed over a grey-shanked douc langur to the Endangered Primate Rescue Centre.
Rare sea turtles released in Quang Ngai
Six rare sea turtles listed in the Red Book of Vietnam, were released in the central province of Quang Ngai on May 4.