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.
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.
“Dirty” and “stinky” are the two words most used to describe the Thọ Quang Port in the central Đà Nẵng City over the last decade.
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.
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.
The People's Committee of Đồng Tháp Province has directed relevant agencies and district authorities to ensure farming of white-leg shrimp in freshwater zones is not expanded since the saltwater discharged by these farms affect water bodies and crops.
Two more construction projects in coastal Sơn Trà and Ngũ Hành Sơn districts of Đà Nẵng have been found discharging untreated waste water into the city’s household sewage system.
The Ngọc Sơn dumping site, the sole collection point for waste generated by the thousands of households in central Nghệ An Province, has been overloaded for a couple of years, polluting residential areas and threatening to contaminate a nearby reservoir.
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.
The Greenovation Challenge contest, aimed at seeking initiatives to solve plastic waste issues in Việt Nam, has been launched in Hà Nội.
The Hà Nội Forest Protection Department and World Animal Protection (WAP) finished re-implanting microchips in 200 captive bears earlier this week in the capital city – which boasts the highest number of bile farms as well as captive bears in the country.
Many fishermen in the Mekong Delta region have complained that the ban on catching baby fish in local rivers during the rainy season has been implemented ineffectively, failing to protect marine life and seriously affecting their income.
Residents of the central province of Quảng Nam poured into the streets recently to protest against the Viet-Phap Steel Company, blamed for causing severe pollution in Tam Kì City.
Central Highlands provinces have scrapped plans for many hydropower plants and stopped the operations of others because of their adverse effects on forests and the environment.
A grant agreement for a project aimed at improving Việt Nam’s flood management capability with total budget of US$18.2 million was signed on Thursday between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA).
A Tibetan bear was rescued by the Asian Animal Foundation after being transferred by a bear breeder in the nothern mountainous province of Lai Châu.
Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are harvesting their summer-autumn rice crop earlier than usual because of earlier than usual flooding.
The Communist Party and the government of Việt Nam have for long realised that climate change and its devastating consequences are not just a scientific forecast but already a reality and they are aware one of the country’s key tasks is to protect its natural forests.
A section of Mỹ Khê Beach in the central city of Đà Nẵng, considered one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in Việt Nam, has been heavily polluted by untreated waste water illegally discharged from a construction project.
