The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has made strides in administrative reform, shown by the reduction of time spent on processing administrative procedures in the field of environment, officials have said.
A male stump-tailed macaque, or Macaca arctoides, has been released into the wild of the Bà Nà-Núi Chúa nature reserve after undergoing nine days of treatment at the central city-based Trường Sơn Việt veterinary clinic.
Measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions were discussed at a conference organised by the HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
Cà Mau Province authorities has asked the Government for more than VNĐ622 billion (US$27 million) to finance 12 projects for relocating people from areas eroded by the sea and rivers.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is calling on cities in Southeast Asia to join Patong (Thailand), Donsol (Philippines) and Phú Quốc Islands (Việt Nam) in making a commitment to eliminate plastic pollution, by developing an action plan and trial innovative solutions.
Do you wear a mask when out an about in Việt Nam? Maybe you should, as the pollution builds up. Doctors say not only should you wear a mask, but it should be the correct one. But if we really want to make the air less polluted we should all be looking at our own lifestyles.
Human activities in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve had changed the basic instincts of langurs and monkeys, while threatening the primate population with human-to-wildlife transmitted diseases, according to biologist Trần Hữu Vỹ.
A plan that called for private garbage collectors to modernise their vehicles has been delayed by HCM City authorities.
Other statistics were also provided to prove the traditional linear economy is hampering the natural resources, increase waste volume and pull down the world’s socio-economic development.
A deer-like species thought lost to science for almost three decades has been discovered living in Việt Nam, according to a new study in Nature, Ecology and Evolution.
A small area in Tề Lỗ, a village in Yên Lạc District, gathers tens of thousands of old cars, excavators, bulldozers, and cranes which are waiting to be dismantled and classified for reuse.
More than 1,530 rare baby sea turtles belonging to several species have been released into the sea in Núi Chúa National Park in the central coastal province of Ninh Thuận this year.
Việt Nam’s ecosystems are in a strong decline and are threatened with losing their basic functions, experts said at a two-day conference that ended on Thursday in Hà Nội.
