Việt Nam News

The Vietnam Bamboo Foundation in collaboration with SOS Children’s Villages Vietnam and the Vietnam Food Bank Network on Thursday (September 18) officially launched the “Community Bamboo Garden” project at the SOS Children's Village Gò Vấp in HCM City to celebrate World Bamboo Day.

Hà Văn Lâm and his wife Nguyễn Thị Luyện from Gia Phong Commune have worked to preserve the entire area as a home for the birds, voluntarily keeping them safe from hunters.

Khánh Hòa Province is implementing comprehensive measures to improve forest management, planting, tending and protection.

The Tonkin snub-nosed monkey, a wild species found only in Việt Nam, is listed as critically endangered on the world’s Red List. It is also one of the 25 primate species at greatest risk of extinction worldwide.

Rapid socio-economic development has sharply increased demand for water. Over the past five decades, water use has tripled, driven by population growth, agriculture, industry and urbanisation.

In the coming period, Việt Nam aims to cut more than 11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent from HFC consumption under the National Plan for managing and phasing out ozone-depleting substances and controlled greenhouse gases for 2024–2045.

GreenViet biologist and manager of the Sơn Trà Nature Education Centre Nguyễn Thị Tịnh said 3,000 copies of the book, which was introduced for the first time in 2020, have been reprinted to provide information about the jungle ecosystem and wildlife in the Sơn Trà Reserve.

The HCM City Department of Agriculture and Environment has begun a comprehensive forest inventory for the 2024-25 period to provide accurate data on forest area, reserves, and carbon stocks to serve both State management and sustainable development goals.

The Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp has proposed spending more than VNĐ160 billion (US$6.3 million) to manage riverbank erosion that has affected dozens of communes since early this year.

Integrated ocean and sea management was both a technical tool serving as a key coordinating mechanism to create unity in management and a strategic pillar helping Việt Nam to sustainably exploit the economic potential of the sea, protect the environment and affirm its position as a responsible maritime nation.

The yellow-cheeked gibbon, scientifically named Nomascus gabriellae, belongs to group IB in the list of endangered, precious and rare species according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment’s Circular No 27/2025/TT-BNNMT.

Despite soaring volumes of waste and growing demand for recycled materials, Việt Nam continues to send much of its trash to landfill. Policymakers, businesses and communities now face a turning point: rethink waste as a resource or suffer the consequences of inaction.

Hồ Kiên Trung, Deputy Director of the Department of Environmental Pollution Control (under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment), spoke to VietnamPlus e-newspaper on the necessary measures to improve waste sorting and treatment, especially in major cities.

The capital has started pumping water from West Lake to Tô Lịch River through dedicated pipelines, aiming to revive the once-polluted waterway and improve the city’s urban landscape.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has asked the People’s Committees of Lào Cai, Tuyên Quang and Phú Thọ provinces as well as Hà Nội to ensure safety downstream during the operation. 

The elongated tortoise, belonging to the Testudinidae family, is listed as an endangered, precious, and rare forest animal.

According to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, due to the impact of Tapah, the northern mountainous and midland areas are forecast to see moderate to heavy rain on Tuesday, with some locations experiencing torrential downpours.

The super "blood moon" is one of the most anticipated astronomical phenomena this year.