Việt Nam News

The way we design, produce, transform, use and dispose of plastic needs rethinking due to the vast release of the plastic waste into the ocean, and innovative circular economy approaches could be one way to go, experts have said.

Customs in northern Hải Phòng City have seized more than two tonnes of ivory tusks and pangolin scales, the Voice of Vietnam reported.

Việt Nam is considered a responsible country in implementing international treaties on combating climate change, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Lê Công Thành has said.

Developing tourism and services in protective and special-use forests in parallel with conservation will become a key part of the national economy in the future.

Every month, a group of university volunteers called “Share To Smile” (STS) in HCM City exchanges small pots of cactis for five or more used plastic bottles.

The central city’s Environment and Urban Company (URENCO), in co-operation with Ever Green Labs Consultant and EverGreen Social ventures, will start a pilot project on plastic waste recycling in the city later this year.

More than 2.4 million of cars manufactured since 2008 will have to meet new emission standards from early next month.

The northern mountainous province of Lào Cai has recently rejected two investment projects that have high potential to cause negative impacts on the environment, especially in Bảo Thắng District’s Tằng Loỏng industrial park.

Four central coastal provinces of Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Huế have asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to postpone the construction of marine environmental monitoring and warning systems by 2021 due to financial shortage.

The unusually early saltwater intrusion this year is threatening the farming of flowers and ornamental plants in Bến Tre Province’s Chợ Lách District, the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta’s largest producer of flowers and ornamental plants.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment in northern Bắc Ninh Province has asked all relevant authorities to investigate the illegal dumping of toxic waste by a local environment company into the province’s Cầu River.

ASEAN-member countries have vowed to take immediate action to resolve problems caused by worsening drought in Southeast Asia, especially in Việt Nam’s Mekong Delta region, which is especially susceptible to global warming.

Professor Trương Quang Học from Việt Nam National University’s Centre for Natural Resources and Environment Studies spoke with Nhân Dân Cuối Tuần (the People Weekend Edition) newspaper about the impacts that Việt Nam will possibly have in case of biodiversity decline and the importance of changing behaviour towards nature.

Hà Nội's Department of Natural Resources and Environment has outlined a plan to reduce air pollution in 2020.

A rapid increase in population and rapid socio-economic development were resulting in uncontrolled and unsustainable tapping of rivers' potential.

Provincial authorities in the Mekong Delta have asked Vietnamese officials to address the inter-Governmental Mekong River Commission and step up diplomatic efforts to deal with countries upstream that are threatening the flow of the giant water resource.

It is forecast that climate change will increase the risk of forest fires next year, thus concerned organisations should be vigilant and prepare for fire prevention and control.

As Việt Nam is listed as top five plastic polluters of the world, it is necessary to encourage eco-friendly technical solutions and use bio-degradable plastic products, participants at a workshop on marine plastic pollution heard on Friday.