Việt Nam News

Việt Nam ranks among the top 10 countries globally with the highest biodiversity, but significant challenges remain regarding the ecosystems and forest resources.

Central Vietnam reels from severe flooding and landslides after days of relentless rain, leaving seven dead, dozens injured and thousands of households cut off.

Việt Nam’s forests are among the world’s most biodiverse, yet wildlife remains threatened by habitat loss and snaring. A new WWF-Việt Nam survey, using 350,000 camera-trap days across 21 forests, reveals urgent conservation needs and signs of recovery.

Two rare macaques – a stump-tailed and an Assam macaque – were safely transferred to Pù Mát National Park on Thursday after being found in residential areas.

A joint task force uncovered more than 4,000 illegally kept animals in Phú Thọ Province and dismantled extensive bird-trapping sites in neighbouring Thanh Hóa.

The central city and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) should look for a five-year co-operation in promoting nature conservation and building a ‘green and sustainable’ future, said Văn Ngọc Thịnh, CEO WWF-Viet Nam proposed at a working visit to the central city’s people’s committee.

According to the Institute of Earth Sciences, the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.8 and a focal depth of about 10km, classified as level one on the five-level natural disaster risk scale.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment said the move aims to tighten control over vehicular emissions, one of the main causes of urban air pollution, thereby protecting public health and improving environmental quality.

All 191 iguanas, identified as administrative violation evidence, were temporarily transferred to the Hòn Me Wildlife Rescue Station in An Giang for proper care and monitoring while the case is under investigation.

HCM City authorities on Sunday proposed a VNĐ9.2 trillion (US$370 million) project to dredge and upgrade the Bà Lớn Canal, one of the city’s seven key drainage arteries, as flooding and pollution intensify across southern areas.

Việt Nam’s north and central regions experienced light tremors on Friday, with scientists attributing them to normal movement along active fault zones.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is finalising a roadmap to implement emission standards for circulating motorcycles and mopeds.

Experts have urged the Government to introduce special policies and dedicated financial mechanisms to help the Mekong Delta adapt to the growing impact of climate change, which is increasingly threatening livelihoods and the long-term economic stability of the region.

For generations, the Nguyễn family has quietly tended to and preserved this forest as a treasured ancestral legacy.

According to the Department, in 2007, Nguyễn Mậu Chiến’s family in Xuân Tín Commune bought ten tiger cubs, each weighing around 7kg, from an unidentified person who had transported them from Laos to Việt Nam.

Officials and experts say Hà Nội must stop treating sludge as waste and start viewing it as a resource, calling for modern treatment plants, clearer rules and a shift towards a circular economy.

Typhoon Kalmaegi is a very strong typhoon, with wind speeds reaching up to 183km per hour.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính ordered secretaries of the Party Committees and chairpersons of the People’s Committees of Thừa Thiên-Huế, Đà Nẵng, Quang Ngãi, Quảng Trị and Hà Tĩnh, along with heads of relevant ministries, to carry out post-disaster recovery measures urgently and effectively to restore normal life as quickly as possible.