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.
Việt Nam's World Biosphere Reserves have truly become a rendezvous for integration, cooperation, and the exchange of information and experiences among countries and international organisations in the field of conservation and sustainable development, as well as an ideal destination for domestic and international tourists, heard a conference in the central province of Khánh Hoà on Monday.
Early laboratory tests show that soil treated with CMD-SOIL can reach high compression strength, meeting and even exceeding the standards used for port construction projects.
The four participating localities are advancing their readiness to participate in the international forest carbon credit market — an important step in realising the economic potential of forest resources and supporting Việt Nam’s national pathway toward net-zero emissions by 2050.
From early Friday through to the end of Saturday, the localities from Nghệ An to northern part of Quảng Trị Province is forecast to experience heavy to very heavy rain, with totals ranging from 150 to 300mm, and isolated areas possibly exceeding 500mm.
