Heavy mental contamination in soil and water has posed serious threat to natural ecosystems and human health through the food chain. There are many methods to remove heavy metals from soil and water. Compared with physicochemical methods, bioremediation is highly efficient, environmentally friendly, easy to operate and cost effective. Plants in combination with microorganisms have been widely used to remove toxic metals (Pb, Cd and Hg) from soil and water. It is more efficient, faster and suitable for areas with low concentrations of heavy metals. In Vietnam, bioremediation method has been studied and showed that it is a suitable and potential way for removing heavy metals from agricultural soils and water with low levels of contamination.