Highlights:
• Established and implemented Law on Environtment Protection (June 2009)

• Increase in forest cover from 28% low in 1990 to 37.6% currently

• Environment awareness improved

Challenges:
• 72% of population lives in coastal areas, exposure to climate change

• Land degradation - 50% of land conisdered poor quality, 70% of soil exposed to erosion

• Poor environmental managment of mining, transport and energy sectors

• Air quality severely degraded in cities and industrial areas (dust is 1 to 5 times national
  standards)

• Pollution from vehicles emissions. Vietnam is the 3rd largest motorcylce market in the
  world after China and India