Việt Nam News

Tourism businesses have been told to be aware of the consumption of wild fauna and flora species for the conservation of nature as well their own sustainable development.

The People’s Procuracy in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông approved an arrest warrant against Chairman of the People’s Committee of Trường Xuân Commune, Phạm Quốc Thụy.

The Mekong provinces of An Giang and Kiên Giang have worked together to efficiently use water resources, combat natural disasters and cope with their aftermath.

A 500m section of beach in Ngũ Hành Sơn district of Đà Nẵng city has been seriously eroded by uninterrupted rain and rising sea waves in the last two months.

With tonnes of waste discarded directly into fields, lakes and ponds or dumped on roadsides for years, the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc has a serious pollution problem.

Despite positive reports from authorities on the steady increase of the national forest cover, the size of the country’s protected forest is in fact decreasing at an alarming rate, experts said.

Forest rangers in central Quảng Bình Province on Wednesday detained a man caught carrying two stripe-headed black langurs (Trachypithecus hatinhensis), an endangered species listed by International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Concerted efforts are needed to enhance cooperation between the governments of Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar, Thailand, Việt Nam and the US in a number of areas, including education, energy security, food security, agriculture and health, Trần Quang Hoài, director general of the Directorate of Disaster Management under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said.

Total forest plantation in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk until the middle of last month reached 824ha, making up only 43 per cent of the year’s plan, according to the latest report of the provincial People’s Committee.

The rescuing centre in Bạch Mã National Park has received a rare wild cat following efforts by a resident of central Thừa Thiên- Huế Province.

Five years after a national green growth strategy was approved, there is still a lack of understanding, particularly at provincial levels, about incorporating it into local development plans.

Despite billions of đồng spent on wastewater treatment facilities, many projects are still incomplete and wastewater pollution remains a huge problem.

 Having halted mud dumping plan for strict assessment on environment impact in the coastal of Tịnh Khê commune, the central province of Quảng Ngãi has eventually allowed the Northern Việt Nam Maritime Safety  Corporation (VMS North) to bury in an assigned location 7.5km off the coast of Mỹ Khê beach.

Rampant riverbank erosion after recent repeated floods has worried local residents in central Thừa Thiên-Huế as their homes and land property are ready to fall into the broadening rivers.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has listed 28 enterprises that need to be under special environmental management.

One hundred and forty five greenhouse gas mitigation options have been proposed following a collaboration project with Japanese experts on supporting Việt Nam’s reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Staff of the fishery department in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province on Monday afternoon released a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) back into the ocean.

Some 100 trees have been planted at the Trần Thái Tông – Phạm Văn Bách junction in Hà Nội’s Cầu Giấy District in honour of Finland’s centenary of independence (December 6, 1917 - 2017).