Việt Nam News

Since the establishment of Cúc Phương National Park in 1962, Việt Nam’s Government has devoted huge efforts to developing a system of protected and conserved areas, experts from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced at a workshop on Tuesday in Hà Nội.

More than VNĐ28.5 trillion (US$1.23 billion) has been earmarked for a project to protect, restore and sustainably develop forests in the Central Highlands until 2030.

About 200 Asian openbill storks, listed in the rare bird category in the Việt Nam Red Data Book, have been seen in Bạc Liêu Bird Sanctuary in the Mekong Delta province of Bạc Liêu since the beginning of the year.

Police in Bình Thuận Province have started criminal proceedings against four leader and officials from the Là Ngà Protective Forest Management Board for violating regulations on the exploitation and protection of forests.

Dozens of hectares of forest were illegally cut down and private properties were constructed along National Road 29 in the area between Ea Súp and Buôn Đôn districts as authorities admitted they were struggling to stop the encroachment.

Provinces in the southern region and the Central Highlands have taken measures to prepare for drought and ensure a stable supply of power as weather forecasts say that the region could face a prolonged heat wave this year.

More than 3,000 cu.m of untreated wastewater is released into Hà Nội’s Cầu Bây Canal through 26 discharge points daily.

Việt Nam Rivers Network is launching a campaign to search for untouched rivers all over the country to call on policy makers, investors of development projects and the community to protect rivers.

The so-called #trashtag challenge has gone viral in recent days and inspired people the world over to clean up rubbish in public areas, and Việt Nam is no exception.

More than sixty six large trees of rare species were found to have been illegally felled in the core of a protected forest area in the central province of Quảng Bình.

About 33,000ha of the U Minh Hạ National Forest in the southern province of Cà Mau is at risk of fire.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in collaboration with its environmental protection partners has launched a Gender Analysis Toolkit (GAT) to improve gender integration and mainstreaming in coastal resource management programmes in South and Southeast Asia.

The HCM City People’s Committee has announced an action plan in 2016-20 to reduce environmental pollution.

A photo by Lương Thanh Hải of Việt Nam’s meteorological and hydrological agency has won first prize at a photo competition of the Typhoon Committee (TC).

The People’s Committee of southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province has approved in principle a project to dredge Bến Đình drainage channel, a key channel in the city of Vũng Tàu which is seriously polluted by wastewater and domestic waste.

MD Solid Waste Treatment Plant in central Quảng Ngãi Province has failed to meet emission standards, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà has said.

Việt Nam is seeking consensus from members of CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, on tightening the protection of some endangered species in the country.

Sugarcane farmers in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Gia Lai had lost of hundreds of billions of đồng due to a prolonged severe drought in the region.