Việt Nam News

Hà Nội  to say "No" to nylon bags, plastic products by 2020

Authorities in HCM City have completed a number of projects earlier than scheduled in an effort to prepare for the rainy season.

The extensive use of agrochemicals in Northern farms has raised alarm bells for not only consumers but also farmers engaged in manual labour and the environment.

Along with professional journalists, local villagers and citizens play an important role in gathering and reporting environmental news, experts have said.

The Con Cuông District People’s Court in the central province of Nghệ An has sentenced five poachers to a total of 13 years and six months in prison for violating regulations on protection of endangered, precious and rare animals.

Four people are missing after being swept away by flash floods that hit the northern province of Lai Châu early Monday morning.

The winners of an essay writing competition on sustainable traditional medicine were announced at an awards ceremony held in Hà Nội on Saturday.

Local fisherman Huỳnh Tấn Lộc now earned his living mostly from home-stay and cuisine service or night-fishing on boat rather than fishing.

Nine leading companies in the consumer goods and packaging industries joined hands to launch the coalition Packaging Recycling Organization Vietnam in HCM City on June 21.

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has established linkages between 32 biodegradable plastic bag production enterprises and food enterprises.

The Việt Nam Mekong River Commission (VMRC) held the first plenary meeting in 2019 in the Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang on Wednesday under the chair of the commission’s chairman, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà. 

Residents in Hương Vân Ward, Hương Trà Town in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế have buried bamboo poles in the Bồ River to prevent illegal sand mining.

More than 300 red lory parrots – an endangered bird found only in Indonesia – were suspected to have been imported to Việt Nam illegally earlier this week.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has created many technological achievements to help people to be able to conquer nature, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday (June 18) said at  a conference on evaluation of two-year implementation of government’s resolution on climate resilient and sustainable development of the Mekong Delta.

Police in Bạch Thông District, Bắc Kạn Province have reported that they are rushing to file prosecution documents against people involved in recent incidents of illegal deforestation.

 An endangered sea turtle was found in a fishing net in Mỹ Xuyên District in the southern Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng on Saturday.

Mining on the upper part of the Đắkrông River in central provinces of Thừa Thiên –Huế and Quảng Trị had polluted the river, affecting the lives of tens of thousands of people.

Farmers in Kiên Giang Province’s Gò Quao District are using environmentally-friendly cajuput trees as trellises instead of concrete or wooden pillars to grow pepper plants.