Recent rapid construction of more than 20 hotels and resorts in Sơn Trà Nature Reserve.is threatening the survival of highly endangered langurs and other wildlife. Human activities, such as illegal logging and hunting, also continue to badly affect the lives of the primates and wildlife in the reserve.
Province and city authorities have been told to stop investment in fired clay brick production and to prioritise investment in other environmentally friendly construction materials.
A project in Hưng Yên Province to clean-up a village polluted by lead from recycled batteries and reduce the dangerous levels of lead in residents' blood has been shown to be sustainable.
For centuries, residents in Phúc Sơn Commune, central province of Nghệ An have lived comfortably with wild elephants, but as bamboo forests - the main diet of many elephants - are replaced with industrial trees, things are changing. Many elephant herds are now finding it difficult to find enough food to survive
Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng said yesterday that incidents such as the mass poisoning of fish off the coast of Việt Nam last year should never happen again. “It was a painful lesson,” he said.
The Quảng Đông Commune People’s Committee has successfully removed more than 100cu.m of soil and water contaminated with sodium hydroxide from the 19/5 Village.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) plans to launch a communication campaign to promote the non-use of plastic bags as a prelude to its sea turtle conservation programme on Lý Sơn Island in 2018.
The Elephant Conservation Centre in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk is carrying out implant of microchips in captive elephants.
A company in Mỹ Hào District, northern Hưng Yên Province, has been fined more than VNĐ600 million (US$26,000) for violating environment and water resource-related regulations by releasing waste into the environment.
As Typhoon Tembin approaches the mainland, “inexperienced” localities in the south, which rarely face heavy storms, are actively preparing for worst case scenarios.
A beautifully coloured frog found in the limestone mountains of Việt Nam, two mole species found by a team of Vietnamese and Russian scientists, and the Vietnamese crocodile lizard are among 115 new species discovered by scientists in the Greater Mekong region in 2016, according to a new report released yesterday by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Despite being a long-standing hot issue that receives special attention from both the local government and the public, overfishing continues to be a headache and “marine resources are being adversely impacted by harmful, over-exploitative fishing practices.”
Widespread water pollution nationwide has inflicted an estimated economic loss of VNĐ11.6 trillion (US$510.7 million) in the last ten years and the situation is not getting better, an environmental expert says.
The People’s Court of the central coastal province of Nha Trang will begin proceedings on Monday in the case against Hoàng Tấn Hải, who was found illegally trafficking 10 tonnes of marine turtles in 2014.
Unsustainable livelihoods, including the chopping down of protective forests for agricultural production and building houses near streams and rivers, have increased risks of natural disasters, officials admitted at a meeting yesterday.
The Danish Week – Sustainable City Solutions hosted by the Danish embassy in Hà Nội and the HCM City University of Architecture began in HCM City on Thursday
Past good-willed but misconceived efforts to prepare the Mekong Delta region for the worst consequences of climate change might do more harm than good. But, the damages can be reverted through the Government’s change in mindset, which embraces natural cycles instead of forceful interventions.
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.
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