Việt Nam News

The Việt Nam National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) has launched a new task force to promote innovation and catalyse investment in effective solutions for reducing plastic waste and pollution in Việt Nam.

Đồng Nai’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment said it will coordinate with other agencies to monitor the company’s implementation of dust mitigation measures at the project twice a week.

Tiền Giang Province’s two upstream districts along the Tiền River are repairing 3.3km of eroded river and canal banks at 79 locations at a cost of VNĐ67.6 billion (US$2.9 million) raised from various sources.

Hoàng Đức Cường, Deputy Director of the General Department of Meteorology and Hydrology at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, talks to the Vietnam News Agency about the importance of establishing an early warning system associated with impact forecasting.

The turtle, scientific name Eretmochelys imbricata, is one of the five sea turtle species in danger of extinction in the world and Việt Nam. Many of them are living in the territorial waters of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province's Côn Đảo District.

As energy demand continues to rise and domestic sources of fossil fuels for electricity generation become increasingly scarce, ensuring national energy security has become a pressing issue that requires a long-term vision.

A ceremony was held in Cao Lãnh City in the Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp on Friday to launch a campaign on the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands in Việt Nam.

Zoom announced it will empower Grab to boost employee engagement across its offices.

In a report to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, EVN underlined that the water level at reservoirs in the northern region in the first four months of this year was equivalent to 70-90 per cent of the average in years before.

AstraZeneca has recently announced a new investment of up to US$50 million into Việt Nam as part of the company’s global AZ Forest programme, which by the end of 2022 had planted over 10.5 million trees worldwide.

They aim to highlight the importance of biodiversity to human life and raise public awareness of conserving and bringing into play biodiversity values to help with the country’s sustainable development.

In the past 10 years, in Cambodia and Việt Nam, wild Eastern Sarus Crane populations have declined rapidly from 850 birds in 2010 to just under 160 recorded in 2022.

Between January and April, 459 traps were found on the reserve and 500 illegal trespass cases were reported to the inter-forest protection sub-department of Sơn Trà-Ngũ Hành Sơn.

Normally, eco-friendly products cost twice as much as plastic products, causing consumers and small businesses to be reluctant to use the former.

A sea turtle, weighing more than 100kg, which was accidentally caught in the net of a local fisherman, was released back to the sea in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế on Thursday, leaders of the Lăng Cô Border Post said.

The system is expected to collect one million cubic metres of rainwater per year with a fund of VNĐ250 billion (US$10.6 million).

Farmers in Dong Nai are facing a failed harvest due to red dust pollution from the construction site of the mega Long Thanh International Airport project. The dust is sticking to leaves, hindering photosynthesis and leading to nutrition deficiency in their crops.

Việt Nam is determined to pursue rapid and sustainable economic growth combined with environmental protection to progress to prosperity.