Việt Nam News

John Kerry said Việt Nam, including Bến Tre Province, has the advantage to develop wind and solar energy, adding that this will be an advantage for both countries to work together in the future.

Managerial agencies should soon issue specific guidelines for localities to effectively apply separation of domestic solid waste at source following the Government's Decree No. 45/2022/NĐ-CP on sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of environment.

The saola, one of the world’s rarest animals, is getting a critical emergency boost from the European Union, Re:wild and WWF-Viet Nam to prevent its extinction.

The pollution has become a big concern and has resulted in serious consequences to people's lives, production and  the environment.

The project has been jointly launched by the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.

Swapping batteries for plants, cleaning waste at markets or refilling cosmetics are just some of the examples of young people engaging in environmental protection in Hồ Chí Minh City.

Innovative ideas, good practices, knowledge and experiences from both national and international projects that advance the effective collaborative management ‘co-management’ of natural resources in a more sustainable and climate-resilient way were shared.

A workshop was held in Hạ Long City, the northern province of Quảng Ninh, on Friday to promote public awareness of marine plastic waste and action against single-use plastic products in Hạ Long Bay, a world natural heritage site.

More than 2,000 participants, researchers, businesses and visitors joined a waste treatment and environmental technology exhibition focusing on updated sustainable treatment solutions at the Đà Nẵng’s exhibition centre on August 25.

The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control issued an official document on responding to the effects of the storm.

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 4am this morning, the center of storm No. 3 was about 290 km east of China's Leizhou Peninsula, with maximum wind speeds of 117 kph.

Representative of the Waste Management Department under the General Department of Environment noted that domestic solid waste is separated based on treatment requirements and into three groups: reusable and recyclable waste; food waste and other domestic solid waste.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in cooperation with WWF-Viet Nam, HEINEKEN Vietnam and local partners, has launched a partnership programme for water conservation in the basins of the Hồng (Red), Đồng Nai and Tiền River.

From 2026, vehicles with three to five years of use or more must undergo periodic emissions inspection, and the vehicles that do not meet emissions standards in the zoned area will be restricted from traffic.

A programme to collect and recycle used beverage cartons will be piloted in HCM City from August 2022 to March 2023.

Three consecutive earthquakes hit Kon Plong District this afternoon, according to the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Centre of the Institute of Geophysics.

Considering the effects of carbon dioxide on the global climate and environment, becoming carbon-neutral is increasingly seen by governments as an urgent task to achieve sustainable development, the 11th Congress of the Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics heard.

There will be 8-10 storms and tropical depressions in the South China Sea from now to February 2023, of which from three to five storms are likely to directly affect Việt Nam’s mainland, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.