Nông Sơn District in the central province of Quảng Nam plans to set up an elephant conservation centre to protect the remaining small wild population in the province as well as other endangered species, conservationists said.
The People’s Police Academy has launched the Vietnamese version of a manual by an international counter-trafficking organisation to help officials fight the black market trade in endangered wild animals.
More than VNĐ112 trillion (US$5.02 billion) will be spent to improve flood prevention measures and dyke systems along the Hồng (Red) river and Thái Bình River in northern Việt Nam, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) announced on Thursday.
Investigations of potential medical-waste dumping in Yên Phong District’s Văn Môn Commune revealed the site contained normal waste, Nguyễn Đình Tâm, deputy head of Bắc Ninh Province’s Health Department, said.
The latest report by the Nhân Cơ aluminum manufacturer’s investor on an alkali leakage incident late last month said that it had not affected human health or the environment.
Animals Asia said it has successfully rescued a moon bear that had been kept in a cage for more than 10 years.
Yesterday’s message from the Hà Nội City’s Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention requested all authorities of districts and townships, and relevant departments to prepare for the arrival of Typhoon Nida, the second storm this year in Việt Nam.
Poor levels of dissolved oxygen (DO) in water was blamed as the main reason for the mass fish deaths at Đà Nẵng’s 29-3 Lake – one of the biggest lakes in the park of the same name.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) announced yesterday that Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Hà Tĩnh Steel Company would have to pay an administrative fine for its violations on environmental protection regulations, specifically for not using qualified waste treatment facilities to dispose of hazardous waste.
Just two kilometres from the hustle and luxuries of Hà Nội’s town centre, the life of families living in slums along the Red River has been the same for years: poor, partly submerged, dark at night.
Two months ago, someone decided to bring some light to this place.
A working group led by Phan Xuân Dũng, chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Committee on Science, Technology and Environment has arrived in central Hà Tĩnh Province to supervise the implementation of the law on environmental protection on the Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Hà Tĩnh Steel Company.
Conservationists and scientists have strongly called on the Government to stop allowing organisations and individuals commercially farming and trading endangered species in Việt Nam.
Tropical storm Nida, which featured wind speeds up to 135km per hour yesterday morning, is very close to the East Sea.
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Three inspection teams will be established to vet production firms discharging more than 500 cubic metres of wastewater daily in 23 cities and provinces nationwide.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has been intensifying inspections of “hot spot” areas in northern provinces of Thái Nguyên and Bắc Giang, and the central city of Đà Nẵng, where environmental pollution is said to be reaching record highs.
More than 80 vehicles were spotted releasing wastewater on Highway 80 on the Rạch Giá-Hà Tiên route since the beginning of this year, the southern Kiên Giang Province police said.
The Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union yesterday called on youths nationwide to join the “Green Sunday” and “Let’s clean up the ocean” campaigns.
Intensifying the protection of forests in the Central Highlands from encroachment by hydro power plants, illegal deforestation and unplanned agricultural development would be the key to preserving water in this drought hit region, experts have said.
A forest fire broke out yesterday in Nghi Lộc District’s Nghi Kiều Commune in the central province of Nghệ An, destroying dozens of hectares of forest.
