On average, each Vietnamese household uses around 1kg of nylon bags per month. More than 80 per cent of these bags are discarded after single use, with a minimal proportion being properly processed.
Driven by a blind belief that elephant fur and tusks would bring good luck to the owner, one action multiplied into ten, and ten multiplied into a hundred, leading to an unexpected calamity for the elephants of the Central Highlands.
The region is also witnessing faster sea level rise than forecast, with all 13 cities and provinces of the delta are at high risk of flooding due to climate change.
Despite having gone under a renovation project, the signs of pollution in these streams are becoming more evident than ever.
While many localities achieved high efficiency in handling wildlife-related violations reported by the people, HCM City is one of the localities that handled such cases with less efficiency, according to the latest report of Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV).
Erosion along rivers and the coast in Bến Tre Province has worsened in the last 10 years, severely affecting the lives of local people and farming.
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).
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