VN seizes 66 turtles smuggled from Cambodia

The Forestry Management Department of the southern province of Tây Ninh has received 66 turtles, weighing a total of 50 kilogrammes, seized by Mộc Bài Border Gate customs officers on a coach from Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital city. 

 

USAID announced $24m Green Annamites project

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has pledged US$24 million to help the Quảng Nam and Thừa Thiên Huế provinces protect forests, enhance biodiversity conservation and strengthen communities’ resilience.

Gov’t names 27 potential polluters

Up to 27 projects of seven State corporations are listed in a Ministry of Industry and Trade’s directive as being liable to cause environmental pollution.

Chàm Island to protect biodiversity

The Centre of Biodiversity Conservation, GreenViet and the Management Board of Chàm Island has inked an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the protection of flora and fauna in the forest of the island.

Việt Nam pledges greenhouse gas mitigation

Việt Nam will successfully implement commitments in greenhouse gas emission reduction and climate change mitigation, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà at the Assembly Meeting of the Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) has said in Hà Nội.

VN, US start 2nd dioxin cleanup

Việt Nam and the United States marked the start of the second and final phase of thermal treatments at the Đà Nẵng Airport yesterday to clean up dioxin contamination caused by US forces more than 40 years ago.

Sarika, most dangerous storm in years, expected tomorrow

Storm Sarika is expected to enter the Tonkin Gulf and head toward Việt Nam’s coastal provinces from Quảng Ninh to Nam Định tomorrow with winds up to 165km per hour, according to the National Forecast Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre.

Belated floods disappoint Delta farmers

After restless anticipation, the floods finally came, and with it, the hope of a revival of the entire Western region of Việt Nam and much-needed reprieve to the people. Unfortunately, the life-giving waters fall short of expectation.

Central provinces hit by storm

Two people died and one another was reported missing in central provinces of Thừa Thiên - Huế, Quảng Trị and Quảng Bình due to impacts of low tropical depression that went through the localities on Thursday.

Central localities compensated

The Ministry of Finance has transferred VNĐ3 trillion (US$134 million) to four coastal central provinces of Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Huế) where fish died en mass due to environmental pollution in April.

Cooperation needed to save East Sea

International scholars called on all East Sea (South China Sea) claimants, especially China, to collaborate in addressing massive coral reef destruction that might lead to economic losses of up to US$5.6 billion a year.

Landslide

Torrential rains late on Monday in mountainous Phước Bình Commune, Bác Ái District, Ninh Thuận Province, caused a serious landslide, halting traffic.

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