Trà Vinh Province has earmarked VNĐ39.6 billion (US$1.6 million) for sustainably developing the forestry sector in 2023-25.
The Cần Giờ Mangrove Biosphere Reserve in HCM City’s outlying Cần Giờ District has been nominated to become a Ramsar site, a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.
Việt Nam will closely manage natural forests, and gradually deal with forest and land degradation by 2025 as set in the freshly-approved national plan on the implementation of the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use.
About 94.1 per cent wildlife-related calls from local residents on wildlife violations had been successfully dealt by wildlife-related crime prevention agencies in the central Quảng Nam province in 2022, saving 1,172 alive animals and removing illegal advertisements on wildlife consumption and food menu at restaurants.
The standards enable to be applied to every organisation at all sizes of local, regional, international, and at all types of business, corporation, sector, and natural resource manager.
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Đặng Quốc Khánh had a meeting with Canadian Ambassador to Việt Nam Shawn Steil in Hà Nội on Tuesday to discuss cooperation possibilities in climate change response and related issues.
This is an example of how Australia and Việt Nam are tackling the shared challenge of climate change and energy transition together.
Experts say using electricity to catch worms not only kills them instantly, but the current can damage soil, trees and plants
Tiền Giang Province estimates it will spend nearly VNĐ165 billion (US$6.9 million) to repair 69 eroded areas with a total length of more than 12km which were damaged this year.
The birds usually arrive from neighbouring Cambodia in December and stay until May, when it is the dry season in southern Việt Nam.
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang aims to complete building 90 per cent of coastal erosion prevention projects by 2025 and this will basically prevent coastal erosion which affects directly households, infrastructure and protective forests.
Agencies have carried out more than 3,000 inspections over the last decade, sanctioning administrative violations on water resources to the tune of VNĐ15 trillion (US$630.8 million).
The incident, which occurred on August 8, has had a significant impact on 46 households in Phời 3 Village, Tả Phời Commune, where water, mud, or ore entered their homes.
Since the beginning of August, prolonged downpours have been causing flooding and landslides in multiple areas of the locality.
The Asian Elephant Alliance (AEA) calls for partnership and collective action as it acknowledges that the challenges faced by the elephants in our region cannot be solved in isolation.
Unusual downpours have been on the rise, while there is a lack of stringent management at the district level on the degrading drainage systems, said one expert.
Statistics show that a total of 1,912 enterprises across the country are required to conduct greenhouse gas emissions inventories and meet specific emissions quotas.
The project has a total investment of 42 million euros, equivalent to VNĐ980 billion, of which overseas development assistance (ODA) loans and grants make up VNĐ788 billion, while the rest comes from the provincial budget.
