Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW) and Cúc Phương National Park have successfully released 53 Java pangolins (Manis javanica) to the wild.

Many households in the central province of Quảng Bình plant local timbers in the forest instead of other kinds of trees such as cajuputs, and the way bring them billions of đồng and also help them protect local environment as well as maintain different kinds of local valuable trees.

Preserving biodiversity in Việt Nam was the main topic of discussion at a workshop yesterday in Hà Nội.

Colossal import of scrap steel was silently turning Việt Nam into an industrial landfill of the world, raising alarms on the environmental risks coming with the waste.

The Hà Nội People’s Court yesterday sentenced Phạm Văn Luật, a resident in Hải Phòng City, to 12 years in prison for illegally transporting ivory, a type of banned goods, under Clause 1, Article 155 of the Penal Code. 

Poor planning and management of sand mining has led to a stunning but unsurprising warning: Việt Nam is very likely to run out of sand in less than 15 years.

The People’s Committee of central Thanh Hóa Province has allowed Nghi Sơn refinery and petrochemical limited liability company to release waste water into the sea, provided it meets environmental protection requirements.

Climate change has a huge impact on HCM City’s water resources, the head of its public water utility has warned.

El Nino, which is forecast to last until the end of 2017, will cause drought and salinity intrusion in many areas of the country during the dry season, said Lê Thanh Hải, Deputy General Director of the National Hydro-Meteorological Centre on Wednesday.