Four facilities which specialise in pulp and votive paper production have been suspended for polluting the Ma River, causing mass fish deaths on the river.

Saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta will likely remain at a high level until the end of April or early May, before gradually declining, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Howard Limbert, an expert of the British Royal Caving Research Association, announced that 12 new caves have been found in Quang Binh during their exploration in early 2020.

Around a total of 6.5 tonnes of fish and shrimps have been found dead on Ma River in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

Eleven minor earthquakes have occurred in Vietnam since the beginning of this year, according to the Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will allocate VND4bn (USD170,000) to five provinces in the Mekong Delta in order to fight drought and saline intrusion.

The northern region will have three to five more cold spells that cause rainstorms in April.