Việt Nam News

The country's total covered area of forest was unchanged from 2021 to 2022. Government agencies are requiring authorities on a local level to punish those responsible for deforestation.

The water levels in the lakes are rising slowly, resulting in moderate electricity generation.

Having never seen this species of bird before, Ngô Quốc Đạt researched on social media and realised that it was a Burmese Peacock-Pheasant belonging to Group IIB, a critically endangered and rare group in need of conservation.

With nature declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history, Vietnam is racing to protect its biodiversity. Its private sector is becoming increasing aware of the importance of biodiversity conservation. Many companies have engaged with agrobiodiversity protection and reaped environmental and economic benefits from it.

The adoption of this treaty is an historic achievement marking the successful end of more than a decade of multilateral work.

Last year, the city had an additional 113 polluted sites caused by piles of garbage.

The two nations have had long-lasting cooperation in many development areas of Laos, especially in ago-forestry collaboration.

Erosion occurred in many areas of Đồng Tháp Province, turning people’s lives upside down, and putting them at constant risk of their homes collapsing.

The project, under the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS)1 Programme, focuses on research and development of new water treatment technology using advanced nanofiltration membranes.

Since Thursday afternoon, a large amount of ocean waste, primarily seaweed, has been carried ashore by the tides onto several beaches in the area.

Việt Nam’s aviation industry and airlines has made efforts in environmental protection and climate change response for sustainable development, he said, adding that the Ministry of Transport always creates favourable conditions in terms of procedures, mechanisms, and policies for airlines and other units in the industry to well perform international tasks in civil aviation activities.

Amid an increase in trafficking cases, organisations are making tremendous efforts to provide support for wildlife rescue. Hanoi Wildlife Rescue Centre reintroduces up to 700 wild animals of all kinds into forests across the country, while over 80 per cent of the bears rescued by Animals Asia were voluntarily handed in by their former owners.

Trần Thanh, a fisherwoman in Khánh Bình Tây Commune, Trần Văn Thời District said she could never forget the time when she was on the brink of life and death during a high tide that has occurred recently.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in close collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday (June 8) kicked off the Safety Across Asia for the Global Environment (SAFE) project.

HCM City is making efforts to promote digital transformation in the collection, treatment and management of the huge volume of domestic solid waste discharged daily.

Some of the newly discovered species in Việt Nam are highly regarded by scientists worldwide, including Cát Bà begonia (Begonia catbensis) found on the limestone hills of Cát Bà National Park, frog species Quasipaa taoi on Ngọc Linh mountain - the highest peak in central Việt Nam, and Intermedius sunbeam snake in a locality within the central Trường Sơn region of Việt Nam.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands has said that the national target of reducing 50 per cent of ocean plastic waste by 2025 was highly ambitious. Achieving this goal would require more comprehensive measures and strong determination from the entire society, including state management agencies, businesses, and citizens.

Việt Nam needs to promote effective solutions in order to solve plastic pollution in the agricultural sector now.