Việt Nam News

A ban on sand mining in the area of Thu Bồn River's Cửa Đại estuary and Hội An’s beaches may help save Cửa Đại Beach from worsening erosion.

HCM City authorities will carry out regular checks of housing projects to ensure they have the stipulated green areas, with a focus on large projects already occupied by residents.

With its rapid industrialisation and population growth, Việt Nam produces more than 15 million tonnes of waste a year, including 4.7 million tonnes of solid industrial waste, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

One morning by the end of April, Nguyễn Văn Phú, a local in Nguyên Khê Commune, Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District woke up shocking to find that fish being raised in Nguyên Khê Lagoon died en mass.

Representatives from different Vietnamese enterprises committed to fulfill their responsibility to protect wildlife at a workshop held on Wednesday in Hà Nội.

More than 237 herds of red-shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix nemaeus), comprising over 1,300 individuals, were reported living in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve in Đà Nẵng.

A joint-control and management agreement on protection of nipa palm forest in Cẩm Thanh commune has been reached by local administration, scientists, local residents and businesses – the first ever deal set for environment protection in a jointly co-operation between administration and community in the central region.

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.

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.

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.