Việt Nam needs a national strategy to combine environmental protection with socio-economic development policies.

It has been exactly ten years since an industrial waste water treatment station was built in Tân Triều village in Hà Nội’s Thanh Xuân District. However, the plant has not operated for a single day, while residents who make their living weaving, dying and recycling, are forced to treat the waste water by themselves.

Việt Nam aims to reduce emissions from deforestation and to increase its absorption of carbon dioxide (CO2) to 33 million tonnes.

Đà Nẵng's technology and science college has launched a solar-powered system on its rooftop as the first part of green roof development.

Bạch Mã National Park in central Thừa Thiên- Huế Province received a rare tortoise, listed as a vulnerable species at the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Quảng Trị Province is facing serious forest usurpation and deforestation as people seek to expand the land area available for farming.

An earthquake measuring 2.5 on the Richter scale was reported yesterday in the northwestern provinces of Điện Biên and Sơn La.

In a victory for turtle conservation efforts, about 421 baby turtles were released to the sea on Chàm Island yesterday.

The flooding triggered by the Doksuri storm that swept through the central region of Việt Nam 10 days ago continued to isolate a community in a remote area of Quảng Bình Province.