Việt Nam News

The Chàm Islands off the coast of Hội An have since 2015 limited the number of tourists permitted to 3,000 per day to protect the vulnerable world biosphere reserve site from being overrun by boats and waste, but the area is in crisis despite these efforts. Leaders of the protected area have expressed reluctance to allow in more boats, but officials from neighbouring Đà Nẵng say they will go ahead with a plan to add a new route to the islands.

Farmers in Ninh Thuận Province, which has the largest number of cattle and sheep and goats in the country, are struggling to find natural food for their animals since prolonged hot weather has parched their pastures.

Since November 2017 I often come to visit Sơn Trà Nature Reserve in Đà Nẵng. There, in the forest’s green lungs, I made friends with the red-shanked doucs, one among 287 species of fauna at Sơn Trà.

Hà Nội residents have been pleasantly surprised with some good environmental news, as a polluted river has been cleaned up.

Iron slag and waste mud sent by Formosa Steel Plant in the central province of Hà Tĩnh to two companies in Thái Nguyên Province for recycling far exceeded Việt Nam’s hazardous threshold with a pH value of 12.5.

Instead of keeping garbage at home and waiting for waste trucks to pick it up, many people throw their trash in public areas near their houses, polluting the environment.

The black smelly water has been flowing into the sea, polluting beaches nearby and scaring tourists away

Regional cooperation to preserve the marine environment and ensure sustainable fisheries management and food security in the ASEAN region will be the focus of discussion at an international workshop to be held in Nha Trang in the central province of Khánh Hòa from May 13-15.

Around 1 million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction and the rate of species' disappearance is accelerating, likely having a grave impact on people around the world, a report by a UN body of scientists has found.

Coal sludge dumps of mining companies and other illegal coal washing activities in Cẩm Phả City, northern Quảng Ninh Province, have turned clear areas of Bái Tử Long Bay into dark murky water.

The Đắk Nông Province People’s Committee has assigned localities and forest owners to grow an additional 72.9ha of forests this year.

Nearly 300 young people took part in a campaign to clean rubbish along more than 2.5km of seashore in Hạ Long City on Sunday.

The Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ plans to collect 100 per cent of its solid household waste in urban areas in the 2020-30 period.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has written a letter urging joint action for a healthy, safe and sustainable living environment as well as dealing with pollution caused by plastic waste. 

Vingroup has set up VinBus, a subsidiary specialising in transport services, the property developer announced on Thursday.

A shortage of clean water is threatening 500 residents living on An Bình Islet, three miles from Lý Sơn Island off the coast of Quảng Ngãi Province, due to a faltering desalination plant and lack of rainfall.

Hà Nội’s air quality has worsened dramatically in the last few years, remaining at unhealthy to very unhealthy levels almost year-round

Tens of thousands of tonnes of untreated garbage at Bãi Nhát landfill is contaminating the environment in Côn Đảo District, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province.