A large area of sea grass on the Chàm Islands, off the coast of Hội An, have been damaged due to the rapid increase in speed boats over the past several decades—another sign that mass tourism and unsustainable development threaten the rich ecosystem on the islands, said Director of the Chàm Island-Hội An Marine Protected Area (MPA) Centre Trần Thị Hồng Thúy.
A fresh controversy has broken out as local authorities in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế plan to take almost 400 hectares from the core zone of local Bạch Mã National Park to develop a tourism complex.
Local authorities in the Mekong Delta are taking measures to mitigate the impact of flooding caused by high tides during the annual flood season in the delta.
Reports about three new species of the ginger family – Newmania cristata, Newmania gracilis and Newmania sontraensis (Zingiberaceae: Zingibereae) – found in central Việt Nam were officially published by Phytotaxa (a botany journal) in September, bringing the number of species in this endemic Vietnamese genus to six.
Deforestation continues to damage natural forests in southern Bình Phước Province in spite of the Government’s order to close natural forest gates, Vietnam News Agency reported.
An endangered hawksbill turtle, scientifically named Eretmochelys imbricate, was released back to the ocean yesterday by Bình Thuận Province’s Department of Fisheries.
The fact that waste is not classified at source was the biggest challenge to treating it in Việt Nam, experts said.
A programme to sort waste at source has been started at HCM City’s export processing zones and industrial parks by the HCM City EPZ Authority and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
Over 4,900 scrap containers left unclaimed for 90 days are piling up at major seaports across the country, raising environmental concerns.
Nearly 10,500 hectares of natural forest in the Tây Nguyên (
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bến Tre has received VNĐ140 billion (US$6.3 million) from the Government to repair two embankments to prevent landslides along rivers and upgrade another on the coast.
Plastic waste is a resource that needs to be collected, sorted and recycled. Plastic waste was a big problem and the country was working on a plan to handle it, said a representative from the Ministry of Construction.
Minh Hằng, a resident of Hà Nội’s Cầu Giấy District, carries four to five plastic bags home from the market every day. Like Hằng, many Vietnamese people are accustomed to getting new single-use bags each time they shop.
More breakthrough solutions are needed to help farmers in the Mekong Delta cope with unpredictable water levels, according to experts.
The Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park in the central province of Quảng Bình has released 11 rare animals back into the wild following attempts of rescuing and rehabilitating them.
The southernmost province of Cà Mau is speeding up the process of planting 500ha of new forests, and wants to complete the task this year.
Forty families in Tìa Dình C Hamlet in Tìa Dình Commune, the northern province of Điện Biên, are living in fear of landslides as cracks have appeared and expanded in the ground surrounding their homes.
The Việt Nam Maritime Administration has ordered all seaport management agencies to quickly deal with the huge backlog of imported scrap containers across the country.
Audit institutions of Asean countries shared their progress, experiences and challenges in environmental auditing that is supposed to ensure sustainable development.
GreenViet and the Đà Nẵng–based Centre of Biodiversity Conservation has started construction of the Sơn Trà Nature Education Centre on Sơn Trà peninsula to provide a space for students to explore the area’s biodiversity.
