Việt Nam News

A number of provinces across the country including Lai Châu, Nghệ An and Tây Ninh are taking precautions to prevent forest fires as the dry season begins.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has agreed in principle to the organisation of a forum on sustainable and climate-resilient development of the Mekong Delta in October 2019.

Many hundred-year old trees in Nà Pen Forest in the northern province of Điện Biên have been illegally logged, putting the future of the old forest at risk, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

The Centre of Biodiversity Conservation and GreenViet plan to offer free nature lessons at the Nature Education and Experience Centre and field trips to the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve for disabled children in 2019.

HCM City has upgraded its water supply network with the adoption of advanced technologies in operations and exploitation and supply of clean water.

Polluted water has caused mass fish deaths since early this month in the moat around the ancient Vinh Citadel in the central city of Vinh, Nghệ An Province, an environmental official said.

A significant number of fish have been found dead recently in Kỳ Anh District, Hà Tĩnh Province.

Residents of Nghi Yên Commune in the province of Nghệ An are still waiting for relocation despite suffering severe environmental pollution.

Police in the central province of Hà Tĩnh have busted a ring of people found to be trading wild animals for meat, saving a total of 215 pangolins from cages.

There are two key components needed to rid the oceans of plastic, a senior professor has warned. Assoc. Prof. Nguyễn Chu Hồi says the public need to cut down their usage and the authorities need to look into the collections and treatment of plastic waste in the sea.

Bison have been snapped by camera traps set up by the Việt Nature Conservation organization in the central province of Quảng Bình.

Forest rangers in the central province of Nghệ An have detained five men for allegedly killing two langurs in the province’s Pù Mát National Park.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has issued a circular to guide and regulate marine oil spill cleanup and recovery.

The Cái Lớn – Cái Bé irrigation project in the Mekong Delta has been approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, according to Lê Hồng Linh, director of the ministry’s Irrigation Work Investment and Construction Management Board No 10.

NGO Animals Asia and the Agriculture and Rural Development Department in Đắk Lắk Province have signed a co-operation agreement for elephant conservation in Việt Nam from 2019-22.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has raised concerns over the controversial Thạch Khê Iron Ore Mine in central Hà Tĩnh Province, saying the mine should not restart operations due to environmental risks.

Renewable energy usage is becoming more common among households in the southern coastal province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu

Closed-loop organic waste processing technology and de-centralised waste processing are possible solutions for Việt Nam’s organic waste problems, experts said at a discussion panel on Monday.