Though the average PM2.5 concentration improved slightly in 2020, all provinces and cities in Việt Nam still had higher levels than WHO’s recommendation, according to data revealed at a workshop held virtually on Tuesday.
Four people have died after heavy rain and floods hit the central and central highlands regions over the past few days.
An endangered pangolin (Manis Javanica), rescued by local residents living on Cham Islands, has been returned to the wild.
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang is taking measures to curb erosion along rivers and canals, the threat of which is increasing in many places.
A series of modified boats, once used as popular ‘floating’ restaurants and cafes on Hồ Tây (West Lake) in Hà Nội, are being disposed of after years of laying exposed to the elements following a ban by city authorities.
The Cúc Phương National Park in northern Ninh Bình Province recently received two rare grey langurs from Forest Protection Department of central Thánh Hóa Province, its official said on Wednesday.
Việt Nam needs to encourage and improve capacity and responsibility for the environment and nature and implement preventive actions in management agencies and businesses to minimise nature degradation, an expert has said.
A report titled “Climate change in Viet Nam, Impacts and Adaptation” has been introduced within the framework of COP26 in Glasgow, UK.
This includes $4 billion in investments to accelerate innovation for climate-smart agriculture and food systems over the next five years.
Two to three families of endangered black-shanked doucs, each having about two or three individuals, have been spotted in Bà Đen Mountain national tourist complex in the southwestern province of Tây Ninh since May.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has called on countries to make strong commitments to reduce greenhouse emissions on the basis of common responsibility that suit their conditions and capacity, adding that there should be fairness and justice in climate change issues.
The 'One Million Trees Plantation' project, delayed by COVID-19, has resumed in the Phước Trường communal house park. It is the fourth park in Đà Nẵng that has had trees planted in, to provide a ‘green’ shadow for the community and to reduce air pollution.
