The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has submitted a proposal to the Government to launch and/or complete 24 climate change response projects in the Mekong Delta region in the 2017-2020 period.
The sustainable development of the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta faces many threats, especially the rising sea level, worsening land subsidence and declining sedimentation, Dr Lê Xuân Thuyên of the University of Natural Sciences has warned.
A rare tortoise weighing 70kg and nearly one metre in length was released in the wild on Tuesday by the Cồn Cỏ Island Conservation Centre Management Board.
The Bến Tre People’s Committee has fined a company in Bến Tre City more than VNĐ350 million (US$15,400) for violations related to environmental and water protection.
The Việt Nam Administration of Forestry (VNForest) has proposed halting two commercial activities projects on forest land in the central province of Phú Yên.
Coming to the southern-most province of Cà Mau since his poor and difficult days, Trần Văn Xê has spent more than 20 years of his life to live here and be close to the area.
An electric fence is being used on a trial basis to resolve conflicts between wild elephants and people in the southeastern province of Đồng Nai, the province’s Forest Protection Sub-Department said on Thursday (July 27).
Authorities of the Hòn Cau Marine Protected Area on Thursday released 103 newly hatched sea turtles into the Hòn Cau Sea in Bình Thuận Province’s Tuy Phong District.
Việt Nam still has 240 pesticide-contaminated locations in 15 localities, causing serious and extremely serious pollution, according to the 2016 National Environmental Report.
Hà Nội plans to move 117 polluting enterprises from the inner city by 2020, but the blueprint has met a number of obstacles.
Locals in Trung Sơn and Bắc Sơn wards in Sầm Sơn City in Thanh Hóa Province claimed that they have been affected by a waste dump for years.
Nghệ Tĩnh Metal Color Joint Stock Company will have to pay a fine of VNĐ1 billion for a dam collapse incident in March and the violation of environmental laws.
Environmental protection must be considered the decisive factor in future operations of the Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Hà Tĩnh Iron and Steel Co (FHS), Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said yesterday.
The Southern Institute of Ecology has discovered three new plant species unknown to the world in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve during a three-year research and revaluation of its biodiversity, Dr Lưu Hồng Trường told a scientific conference in Đà Nẵng last week.
Việt Nam’s urban environment, especially in big cities, is facing numerous challenges, including air and water pollution, solid waste treatment and flooding, according to the 2016 National Environmental Report issued on Thursday in Hà Nội.
The Việt Nam Administration of Agriculture on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AnimalsAsia on building plans to better protect bears.
Cities consume 70 per cent of Việt Nam’s total energy and discharge 70 per cent of the country’s total carbon dioxide emissions, a policy dialogue announced yesterday in Hà Nội.
Việt Nam has launched its first energy efficiency network in HCM City.
Noise pollution in urban areas, mostly caused by traffic, factories and construction sites, has become more severe in recent years, affecting the quality of life.
A newly effective bill, the government’s Decree No.59/2017 on the management of access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation (issued by the government on May 12, 2017), was expected to protect the country’s rich genetic resources from regretful loss to outside parties.
