Việt Nam News

The People’s Committee of northern Quảng Ninh Province has ordered the coal mining sector to implement urgent solutions to protect the environment.

The 65-year-old war veteran Trần Đức Minh has never forgotten the moment he stumbled on a tree trunk while chasing poachers in Nhàn mountain, leaving his feet bleeding.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has decided to dismiss a senior official from the Việt Nam Environment Administration over his role in the Formosa environmental disaster last year.

The People’s Committee of the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) Lâm Đồng Province has slapped a fine of VNĐ425 million (US$18,800) on Atlantic Commodities Việt Nam Co Ltd for violating environmental regulations.

A database of energy efficiency in 280 large buildings in Việt Nam’s five biggest cities has been compiled and analysed under a four-year programme by the Ministry of Construction and the United States Agency for International Development.

A Switzerland-funded project to conserve biodiversity through sustainable trade of natural ingredients following the BioTrade principles in Việt Nam, Laos and Myanmar was launched in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Hà Nội authorities have planned to remove polluting facilities out of the inner city, however, the process has been slowed down. Quite a few companies are reluctant to give land to authorities and move out, Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.

Flooding caused by torrential rain has brought the capital city’s streets to a standstill.

A workshop was co-held by the Ministry of Construction and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Hà Nội yesterday to implement the action plan for green growth in the building sector.

Bags of pigs thrown into a pit in coastal Quảng Ninh Province’s Hải Hà District yesterday.

Coastal communes in the southern central province of Quảng Ngãi are facing alarming environmental pollution as a result of the waste discharged from residential areas, industrial production and tourism activities.

Hà Nội authorities have agreed for the construction department to pilot a project to recycle construction waste when the treatment of solid waste remains a challenge for the capital city during its rapid urbanisation process.

Several invasive alien species have entered Việt Nam, impacting the local environment and biodiversity, and triggering concern among the authorised agencies.

Việt Nam risks a loss of 7.2 million tonnes of rice yield and 3.2 per cent of its agricultural land by the late 21st century as a result of climate change, according to a Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development forecast.

A project on sustainable forests, jointly implemented by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), has officially launched.

The HCM City People’s Council has passed a resolution on environmental protection and solid waste management in urban and residential areas, with the target of significantly improving the environment, an issue that has taken on urgency.

HCM City has 40 landslide locations including 23 dangerous areas near rivers and canals in eight districts, according to the city’s Department of Transport.