Thousands of residents in Nguyên Khê commune of Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District are living in “fear” due to serious environmental pollution sourced from waste water discharged from Nguyên Khê industrial complex, Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.
Climate change is the biggest challenge to Việt Nam and the agricultural sector, and farmers and the poor are the most vulnerable. In response, a number of measures have been taken by the country to mitigate climate change.
The Ministry of Health yesterday requested health departments in the provinces affected by Typhoon Usagi to ensure clean water supplies and prevent disease outbreaks.
Typhoon Usagi, which weakened into a tropical depression over the weekend, hit HCM City hard on Sunday, damaging electrical cables, stranding cars on streets, and flooding basements.
The People’s Committee in Đà Nẵng have imposed an administrative fine of VNĐ1.1 billion (US$47,800) on two joint-stock steel companies.
A gaur was found dead on Monday at Đồng Nai Culture and Nature Reserve in Mã Đà Commune, Vĩnh Cửu District in the southern province of Đồng Nai.
Tiền Giang Province has developed new agricultural production models that provide farmers with a reliable income to cope with climate change in its eastern districts and Gò Công Town.
Developing flood-based agriculture models, ditching intensive shrimp farming for integrated farming could be key for the Mekong Delta to cope with the threat of climate change.
All households and commercial establishments in HCM City have to segregate their solid waste at source into organic and other wastes from today (November 24).
Once the second most important port in central Hà Tĩnh Province, Xuân Hải Port in Nghi Xuân District is seeing a significant decrease in their business due to river sedimentation.
Residential planning excluding the flood drainage corridor and abnormal torrential rains are blamed for causing the deaths of 16 people last weekend in the south central coastal province of Khánh Hoà’s Nha Trang City.
The Forest Protection Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has been conducting an investigation into the trafficking of big-headed turtles (Platysternon megacephalum) in the Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp, Vietnam News Agency reported on Thursday.
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Quảng Ngãi Province has said the 15 million cubic metres of dredged sand and soil recently dumped into the sea area was a legal activity and had not caused pollution.
Sixteen endangered sea turtles weighing nearly 190 kilogrammes in total were found on Tuesday at Võ Thị Xuân’s seafood wholesale facility in Hòn Thơm District, Phú Quốc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kiên Giang, online news outlet zing.vn reported.
Forest rangers in the central provinces of Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên-Huế are investigating cases of wild animal trafficking, which is prohibited by Vietnamese law.
Wetlands in Việt Nam are under threat from both natural factors and human activities.
Humankind had “mortgaged” its future with uncontrolled growth at the expense of the environment for far too long, experts agreed, and urged for the simultaneous pursuit of development and sustainability.
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With nearly 2.8 million office workers, Việt Nam can cut up to 6 per cent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by altering to green lifestyles and sustainable consumption, the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Việt Nam reported on Thursday.
Hanoians have seen a greener Hà Nội with nearly 930,000 new trees planted along local streets over the last two years.
This time last year, many parts of the central region were submerged under floodwater, but this year’s unusual aridity in the middle of the rainy season offers little solace.
