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http://www.nea.gov.vn/english/index.aspx

This is the official cite for the Vietnam Environmental Protection Agency, not to worry, it is also offered in English. This is site offers information on the agency and the improvements it is making in Vietnam. It is very interesting to see the website of an actual agency that are mentioned in my Text portion of the project.

www.grip.ac.jp/module/vietnam/main_en.pdf

This article offers suggestions for how Vietnam can effectively modernize itself and still keep pollution regulated. The states the Vietnam first needs the means and awareness of the problem to be able to do anything further. There is no reason why Vietnam should not be capable of becoming industrialized without the effects pollution is currently having.

www.hhh.se/vietnam/p-health.htm

This report focuses on the effects World War two had on the people and
environment of Vietnam. After fourteen million metric tons of explosives were
dropped on the fragile people and landscape of Vietnam, repairs were needed
desperately. The report focuses on health problems experienced by people, and
the environment, after the war.

http://www.rrcap.unep.org/reports/soe/vietnam/overview/environmental_concerns.htm

An overview of all the environmental problems that are currently plaguing Vietnam. Good summary seemingly every environmental problem that Vietnam is being faced with.

http://www.asiasource.org/asip/nguyen.cfm

This cite also covers various environmental problems in Vietnam, but focuses more on the relationship between the development of Vietnam's economy and the environmental problems it is causing.

Davis, Ben. Black Market: Inside the Endangered Species Trade in Asia.

This book offers a look into the harsh reality that is the black market. It has over 100 photos that document everywhere from illegal trade to the people trying to stop it and lastly the animals that suffer because of this dark Industry. This book touches on illegal snakes that are exported from Vietnam, such as Pythons and it even touches on the Russian mafia that is operating its black market operation in Siberia. If anyone is concerned about animals and the affects this multimillion operation is having in any country in Southeast Asia, this book would be a fascinating read.


http://www.mcdvietnam.org/?page=home

If anyone would like to know more about the coastal clean up efforts that were mentioned in the Context part of the project, this is an excellent website that offers information about what is being done to work with people that make their living on the coast.