VietNamNet Bridge – More than 2,000 canals around HCM City have been seriously polluted threatening people’s health, reported the Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On a chilly day just after Christmas, curious passers-by stopped at Hoang Hoa Tham Bridge in HCM City's District 1 to gawk at a young man who jumped into the Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe Canal.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has asked the World Bank to continue lending US$450 million for the second phase of the HCM City environmental sanitation project (Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Basin), according to the city's Transport Department.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Biggest rivers of Da Do, Gia and Re of northern port Hai Phong City, as the city's main water source, are getting seriously polluted.