Any organisation or individual exploiting or using water for hydropower projects might have to pay for the right to exploit the nation’s water resources, as per a decree being drafted.

A market located at the junction of highways 62 and N2 in Thạnh Hóa Towship of the southern province of Long An has long been known as a market for wild birds.

Nông Sơn District in the central province of Quảng Nam plans to set up an elephant conservation centre to protect the remaining small wild population in the province as well as other endangered species, conservationists said.

The People’s Police Academy has launched the Vietnamese version of a manual by an international counter-trafficking organisation to help officials fight the black market trade in endangered wild animals.

More than VNĐ112 trillion (US$5.02 billion) will be spent to improve flood prevention measures and dyke systems along the Hồng (Red) river and Thái Bình River in northern Việt Nam, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) announced on Thursday.

Investigations of potential medical-waste dumping in Yên Phong District’s Văn Môn Commune revealed the site contained normal waste, Nguyễn Đình Tâm, deputy head of Bắc Ninh Province’s Health Department, said.

The latest report by the Nhân Cơ aluminum manufacturer’s investor on an alkali leakage incident late last month said that it had not affected human health or the environment.

Animals Asia said it has successfully rescued a moon bear that had been kept in a cage for more than 10 years.

Yesterday’s message from the Hà Nội City’s Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention requested all authorities of districts and townships, and relevant departments to prepare for the arrival of Typhoon Nida, the second storm this year in Việt Nam.