Việt Nam should improve the country’s institutions and legal documents to enhance efficiency in natural disaster prevention and control, said Hoàng Văn Thắng, deputy minister of agriculture and rural development.

Representatives of 40 Vietnamese and German companies in Việt Nam pledged to adopt a zero-tolerance policy towards wildlife crimes at a workshop here today.

All of Hòa Bình, Sơn La, Lai Châu and Hội Quảng-Bản Chát hydroelectric plants are operating stably, safely and are ready for flood season this year.

Despite limited funds and many challenges, Việt Nam has included conservation and climate change mitigation efforts in the country’s socio-economic development plan as it faces pollution, rising sea levels and environmental degradation.

Environment police in central Hà Tĩnh Province discovered the illegal transport of 37 rare, wild animals from Laos to neighboring Nghệ An Province during the weekend.

Despites efforts by authorities, pollution at industrial parks and clusters in the Mekong province of Cà Mau has risen to alarming levels, affecting the lives of local residents.

Numerous piles of garbage along the sides of a national road considered the ‘lifeblood’ route in the northern economic region prompted public concerns.

Thousands of private clinics in HCM City have to comply with a new regulation on medical waste collection introduced earlier this month, reported Thanh Niên (Young People) Newspaper.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has organised a programme to introduce the zero-waste concept to companies in the tourism and hospitality sectors.