Việt Nam News

Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà received foreign scientists who recently participated in the 4th International Conference on Environmental Pollution, Restoration, and Management (ICEPORM 2024).

The biodiversity education course would help create a generation of conservation human resources for Đà Nẵng in the future, and school students will have an opportunity to study the beauty of nature.

Việt Nam is set to transfer to the forest financing organisation 5.15 million tonnes of carbon dioxide that cost at least $10 per tonne in the 2022-2026 period.

Local authorities and ethnic groups living in six mountainous communes 70km west of Quảng Ngãi City – have been struggling with conservation in the last and natural-remaining forest area, aiming to save the primates from extinction and ensure a ‘green lung' in the province.

Research findings from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology reveal that Việt Nam currently generates approximately 100,000 tonnes of electronic waste annually, mainly consisting of household appliances, electronics and office equipment.

A project on developing multi-use values of the forest ecosystem to 2030, with a vision to 2050, has been approved.

Product and packaging recycling, as well as waste collection and treatment, are producer responsibilities recognised in the current laws.

In 2022 alone, forest-based community tourism attracted 3.1 million tourists.

Wood and forest product export value has been on the rise, reaching a yearly average of US$15.8 billion.

The Centre for Rescue, Conservation and Development of Wild Animals of Bù Gia Mập National Park in Bình Phước Province has returned eight wild animals to their natural habitat.

Its objective is to enhance the quality of special-use, protective and production forests to fully utilise their functions, preserve their ecosystems and biodiversity, and improve their carbon-stocking capacity.

An ongoing training course on the emission trading system (ETS) and carbon market has gathered 145 participants from relevant state agencies, organisations, and enterprises, making the first capacity-building activity in Việt Nam with participation from both public and private sectors.

Many localities and businesses have made nature conservation and biodiversity a criterion for sustainable and green development.

A rare rhesus monkey, whose scientific name is Macaca mulatta, has been released into natural forest environment in the Chí Sán Nature Reserve in Hà Giang northern mountainous province.

Accordingly, native species will be selected to replace hybrid acacia (a combination between Acacia mangium and Acacia auriculiformisforest) to increase biodiversity value in the reserve.

Néang Ma La and her colleagues at the centre provide care and rehabilitation for rare animals rescued from illegal trafficking and transportation, and eventually release them back to the wild.

The approval was made after deputy chairman of the committee Phan Tấn Cảnh recently signed the Decision No.26/QĐ-UBND.

Hà Nội’s drainage system in the inner city and old urban areas were built in the early 20th century.