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                             Fewer sea turtles coming inland to lay eggs
                            Fewer sea turtles coming inland to lay eggs
                            14/08/2018|10:44:00
 The number of sea turtles coming to inland areas in Núi Chúa National Park in the south-central province of Ninh Thuận has decreased, according to the national park management board.
                            
                      
                   
                         
                             Vietnam’s coastal forest coverage reaches 17 percent
                            Vietnam’s coastal forest coverage reaches 17 percent
                            26/07/2018|11:16:00
Vietnam planted a total 12,385ha of coastal forest between 2015-2017 via climate change response and coastal forest protection project for 2015-2020, which raised the coastal forest coverage from 16.9 percent in 2014 to 17 percent last year.
                            
                      
                   
                         
                   
                         
                             Vietnam Sea and Islands Week 2018: Keep Ocean Blue
                            Vietnam Sea and Islands Week 2018: Keep Ocean Blue
                            04/06/2018|11:07:00
Under the theme "Keep Ocean Blue" - the 10th ceremony on the occasion of the World Ocean Day and Vietnam Sea and Islands Week 2018 will be taken place in Quang Ninh province. This is an annual social and political event having great meaning, as a call to remind every Vietnamese on protection of the sovereignty of the sea and islands, protection of environment and marine natural resources. 
                            
                      
                   
                         
                             Waste treatment delayed in Vietnam
                            Waste treatment delayed in Vietnam
                            30/05/2018|11:04:00
Poor infrastructure investment in waste treatment has kept Vietnam in the list of five countries who together discharge more solid waste, particularly plastic, into the ocean than the rest of the world combined. The other four countries are China, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.