Việt Nam News

The United Nations and development partners, during discussions with Vietnamese ministries and sectors, expressed their willingness to support Việt Nam in achieving the goal of net zero emission and energy transition.

The Mekong River Basin supports nearly 70 million people, providing energy, transport, tourism and other income-generating development opportunities. As climate and weather patterns become more volatile, flood and drought events in the Mekong have become more frequent and intense with growing potential to cause devastating damage to the region’s food security and economies. Those communities that were unprepared have suffered the most.

A recent report by the Ministry of Public Security said that climate change has become more complicated in recent years.

Nguyễn Xuân Giang, 37, was swept away by flash floods on Thursday.

HCM City is calling for investment in six planned wastewater treatment projects to treat about three million cubic metres (m3) of wastewater a day in the city.

In talks with secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyễn Văn Nên, John Kerry said that the US and Việt Nam had a good relationship in many areas and needed to strengthen cooperation to quickly to combat climate change.

John Kerry said Việt Nam, including Bến Tre Province, has the advantage to develop wind and solar energy, adding that this will be an advantage for both countries to work together in the future.

Managerial agencies should soon issue specific guidelines for localities to effectively apply separation of domestic solid waste at source following the Government's Decree No. 45/2022/NĐ-CP on sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of environment.

The saola, one of the world’s rarest animals, is getting a critical emergency boost from the European Union, Re:wild and WWF-Viet Nam to prevent its extinction.

The pollution has become a big concern and has resulted in serious consequences to people's lives, production and  the environment.

The project has been jointly launched by the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.

Swapping batteries for plants, cleaning waste at markets or refilling cosmetics are just some of the examples of young people engaging in environmental protection in Hồ Chí Minh City.

Innovative ideas, good practices, knowledge and experiences from both national and international projects that advance the effective collaborative management ‘co-management’ of natural resources in a more sustainable and climate-resilient way were shared.

A workshop was held in Hạ Long City, the northern province of Quảng Ninh, on Friday to promote public awareness of marine plastic waste and action against single-use plastic products in Hạ Long Bay, a world natural heritage site.

More than 2,000 participants, researchers, businesses and visitors joined a waste treatment and environmental technology exhibition focusing on updated sustainable treatment solutions at the Đà Nẵng’s exhibition centre on August 25.

The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control issued an official document on responding to the effects of the storm.

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 4am this morning, the center of storm No. 3 was about 290 km east of China's Leizhou Peninsula, with maximum wind speeds of 117 kph.

Representative of the Waste Management Department under the General Department of Environment noted that domestic solid waste is separated based on treatment requirements and into three groups: reusable and recyclable waste; food waste and other domestic solid waste.