Fingerlings released in Huế lagoon

A total of 300,000 ocean fingerlings were released into an area of Tam Giang Lagoon in central Thừa Thiên- Huế Province, aiming to produce a swift recovery for local seafood resources after the Formosa toxic spill in 2016.

Chàm Island saves threatened turtle

Chàm Island Marine Protected Area has started conservation of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) by hatching 450 eggs taken from Côn Đảo Island.

North plans for Paris agreement

Plans to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change in the northern part of Việt Nam were the focus of a conference held in Hà Nội yesterday.

HCM City aims to build waste-free city

The city has seen positive results from its programmes on “building a civilized city without waste”, according to participants at a meeting held by HCM City’s Việt Nam Fatherland Front Committee on Tuesday (August 29).

 

$678.4m registered for solar projects in Tây Ninh

The People’s Committee of southwestern Tây Ninh Province has proposed the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) add 15 solar power projects to the provincial planning scheme on electricity development in the 2011-15 period, with a vision through 2020.

Biologist warning on building paper mill

A planned wood-pulp plant in Bình Sơn district would destroy 50ha of nipa palm forest, causing pollution, loss of biodiversity, and irrevocable damage to local lifestyles, biologists and residents warn.

Conference seeks sustainable energy solutions

Việt Nam has been making efforts to mobilise international and domestic sources in order to support national energy development and achieve a sustainable energy system with low emissions, experts have said.

Fish processing firms pay breeders compensation for losses

Five of 11 marine product processing firms from the southern coastal province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu have paid compensation to 33 fish breeders who had sued the companies for losses caused by waste discharged from the firms’ plants.

 

 

Food security discussed at APEC meetings

Water governance in APEC economies, climate change, food security and best practices in agriculture are among the topics to be discussed at the first APEC Water Resources Authorities Meeting for Food Security that opens today in Cần Thơ.

Southern hospital doesn’t believe in wasting waste

Five o’ clock in the afternoon is the time when the Giá Rai General Hospital in the southern province of Bạc Liêu starts to get crowded, not only with inpatients but also visitors who come here to take a stroll.

Rare primate handed over to Cúc Phương park

A red-shanked douc langur (pygathrix nemaeus) was handed over to the Cúc Phương National Park in the northern province of Ninh Bình by forest rangers in Phú Lộc district in central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế on Monday.

Vermicelli pollution no more

Residents of Vân Cù Village in the central province city of Huế have been making rice noodles for some 400 years. But while their livelihoods fared well, their health did not.

Two provinces protect primates from peril

The central province plans to restore 80ha forest and habitat for a herd of gray-shanked douc langurs (pygathrix cinerea) living in Đồng Cổ Village of Tam Mỹ Tây Commune.

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