The UN 2023 Water Conference, which takes place from March 22-24 in New York, will focus on encouraging and supporting countries to achieve water-related goals and targets approved internationally for the 2018-28 period.
According to the city's sub-department of environment protection, the plastic waste recycling formula is part of a project funded by the Danish International Development Agency (Danida) and implemented through International Development Enterprises between 2021 and 2024.
This decision has been incorporated in the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 and other relevant documents.
The HCM City People’s Council has discussed feasible measures to address the issue of encroachment into drainage systems and litter in the Nhiêu Lộc-Thị Nghè Canal.
Three men involved in the illegal trading of pangolins, a critically endangered species, have been arrested.
Phạm Anh Tuấn, director of the Xuân Liên Natural Reserve Management Board, said that a project on the investigation and preservation of species of the civet family (Viverridae) in the natural reserve has been implemented since 2021.
The partnership is a step forward in promoting the use of recycled plastic in Unilever’s packaging production, thereby increasing recycling activities and creating a cycle for plastic waste in Việt Nam.
These species have been listed in the Việt Nam Red Book and need to be conserved.
The Law on Environmental Protection regulates the classification of solid waste into three categories of recyclable solid waste, food waste and other domestic solid waste but localities are still struggling to find the appropriate plan to do so.
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bến Tre plans to increase its forest cover, especially by growing mangroves, to mitigate the impacts of climate change and combine them with aquaculture to increase people’s incomes.
Hà Nội needs an urgent and optimal solution for waste treatment, environmental experts have said, suggesting the construction of modern waste treatment facilities and waste sorting at source be the key points to improve the city’s waste treatment capacity.
Expanding the tax base and increasing environmental protection tax on non-biodegradable packaging materials would be considered with an aim to limit the use of these materials.
Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà has signed a decision approving the general planning scheme of the Cửu Long (Mekong) river basin for the 2021-2030 period.
Statistics from the Forest Protection Department show that the number of violations related to wildlife across the nation decreased by 147 cases per year from 2018-2022 compared to 2013-2017.
Despite numerous attempts by the municipal authority to curb the burning of rice straw, this practice persists.
Satellite images show that air pollution has badly affected many areas across the country.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà presented several important initiatives of Việt Nam during the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday.
March 3 is World Wildlife Day. It is a United Nations International day to celebrate all the world's wild animals and plants and the contribution that they make to our lives and the health of the planet. This date was chosen as it is the birthday of CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed in 1973.
