Việt Nam News

The increasing intensity and devastation caused by natural disasters continues to pose an “enormous challenge” to the nation, causing severe losses of assets and human life, and threatens to derail Việt Nam’s development, President Trần Đại Quang said in a letter penned for the 71st celebration of the Traditional Day on Natural Disaster Prevention (May 22, 1946 – May 22, 2017).

The Việt Nam Green Building Council (VGBC) on Monday awarded the Green One United Nations House (GOUNH) a Platinum Lotus Certification, the highest level in the market-based green building rating system.

Police in northern Quảng Ninh Province have prosecuted eight people for illegal sand mining in the province.

Xuan Tai Company in the Highland province of Kon Tum was fined VND40 million ($1,769) for illegal sand exploitation, said Chief Inspector of the Department of Environment and Natural Resource Tran Cong Hau yesterday.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked the provinces of Tây Ninh, Bình Dương and Bình Phước to suspend sand mining operations at Dầu Tiếng Reservoir, following an order from the Government.

The National Committee for Climate Change needs to enhance its international co-operation and learn from other countries’ experience to promote climate change response in Việt Nam, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said on Thursday.

The central city’s People’s Court decided to imprison illegal hunter Nguyễn Văn Lý three years in prison for killing two Red-Shanked Doucs (Pygathryx nemaeus) in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve at a hearing an appeal on Monday.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng on Monday spoke with provincial authorities and government agencies about the need for urgent action to prevent landslides in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta.

Flood-sensor chips will be installed at an additional 32 flooding hotspots to warn HCM City residents of potential floods from heavy rains or tides, according to the HCM City Urban Drainage Company.

The People’s Committee of Bắc Ninh Province has slapped a fine of VNĐ736 million (US$32,450) on a local aluminium recycling company for violating environmental regulations and polluting Văn Môn Commune.

Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk have made the decision to scrap plans for constructing 17 small and medium hydropower plants with total capacity of 27.4 megawatts.

Sand mining activities of Thái Sơn Development & Investment JSC in northern Phú Thọ Province have alledgedly led to serious erosion and subsequent loss of farmland, leading to public concerns.

Leaders of parliaments in the Asia-Pacific region and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) took fact-finding trips around HCM City yesterday to learn about the impact of climate change.

Việt Nam will strive to combat the hunt and illegal trade of primates by 2025, with the goal to reducing hunting by 70 per cent.

Some 282 tonnes of clams and 14,000 cage-raised fish died en mass from last Saturday until Tuesday, Lê Thanh Hưởng, deputy chairman of People’s Committee of Kiên Lương District, Mekong Delta province of Kiên Giang told Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper.

The ships pouring black mud into the Nghệ An Province coast were licenced and poured the waste to the right place, Lê Thanh Hà, deputy director of Nghi Sơn economic zone’s management board said on Wednesday.  

As part of the second APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 2) and related meeting, the Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI) hosted a Trade Policy Dialogue (TPD) on Environmental Services in Hà Nội on Thursday.

The southern province of Đồng Tháp on Wednesday extended its state of emergency as the erosion worsened, with a section of the riverbank covering some 600m affected so far.