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Prolonged rainfall and landslides disrupt life in central region

Waste management projects line up to address Việt Nam’s white pollution

A community-based waste management project aiming to scale up classification and foster green investment was launched on Monday in the northern coastal province of Quảng Ninh.

HCM City Open University marks Environment Day

The HCM City Open University has lined up a number of activities to mark World Environment Day, June 5, and the Action Month for Environment this month.

Air quality improved in May

Air quality in big cities dramatically improved last month, said the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Environment Department.

Việt Nam has wildlife legal framework, needs better enforcement: environment official

Phạm Văn Điển, Deputy Director of the Việt Nam Administration of Forestry, talks to Việt Nam Government Portal (VGP) on the country’s efforts to consolidate legal framework on wildlife protection.

“Polluter pays principle” highlighted in VN’s amended Environment Protection Bill

Those who discharge more waste or fail to classify their rubbish could pay higher environmental fees.

HN declares emergency over erosion in Chương Mỹ

Hà Nội’s People's Committee has officially declared an emergency over erosion in some communes of Chương Mỹ District.

Activities responding to action month for environment launched

The Ministry of Nature Resources and Environment has urged relevant agencies to arrange activities in the “Action Month for Environment”, in response to the World Environment Day (June 5).

Soldiers share water with local people in Gia Lai Province

The prolonged drought and extreme hot weather has dried up water resources in the border district of Đức Cơ causing difficulties for the locals’ lives and production.

Islander strives to protect crabs from overfishing

A Lý Sơn Island resident in the central province of Quảng Ngãi has ignored cynicism and negative comments to continue on his mission to preserve his homeland’s maritime resource.

Delta must have 'emergency plan' on climate change

The Mekong Delta region must include an “emergency” response to climate change in its regional planning for the 2021-30 period as rising seas, coastal erosion and subsidence could occur earlier than previously thought, Deputy Prime MInisterTrịnh Đình Dũng said on Thursday in Hà Nội.

Rural residents in Mekong Delta need access to clean water

All residents in rural areas of the Mekong Delta must have access to clean water, Nguyễn Hoàng Hiệp, deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said at a seminar held in Sóc Trăng Province on Wednesday (May 27).

Deforestation continues to rage in Việt Nam

More than 27,260 cases of deforestation were reported annually from 2011 to 2015 with some 2,648ha of forest destroyed each year, though the number reduced by 35 per cent between 2016 and 2018.

Environment ministry proposes solutions to control pollution caused by transport

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has proposed supportive policies to encourage environmentally-friendly means of transport which run on electric engines and use renewable fuels.

Motorbike emissions levels added to revised Law on Road Traffic

Gas emissions from motorbikes will be periodically checked under the revised Law on Road Traffic which will be submitted to the National Assembly this year to protect the environment.

Ecosystem off Chàm Islands recovers after COVID-19

Less tourism activity and waste around the Chàm Islands – a world biodiversity reserve site – would help the marine ecosystem in waters off the islands recover after the two-month social distancing order due to COVID-19.

Vietnamese conservationist honored as biodiversity ‘Hotspot Hero’

The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) announces that Lê Thị Trang and nine other conservationists from around the world have been named ‘Hotspot Heroes’ for their efforts to protect the world’s biodiversity hotspots.

PM calls for urgent action on drought, saltwater intrusion

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked authorities in the central region to take action to deal with the prolonged heat wave, drought and saltwater intrusion in the region.

Two families of endangered langurs found in Quảng Nam

Two families of 10 gray-shanked douc langurs (pygathrix cinerea) – a critically endangered (CR) species – have been newly found in the 30ha secondary forest in Tam Mỹ Tây commune of the central province’s Núi Thành district.

Centre rehabilitates wild animals so they can return to the forest

The Centre for Rescue, Conservation and Development of Wild Animals at the Bù Gia Mập National Park in the southeastern province of Bình Phước rehabilitates animals before releasing them back to the wild.