Việt Nam News

Once a hunter, he has laid down his rifle and become an active wildlife protector in Kim Bảng District in northern Hà Nam Province.

The La Vie water bottling plant in Hưng Yên Province has received certification for meeting the Alliance for Water Stewardship standard, an international standard for how water should be stewarded at a site and catchment level for environment, social and economically benefit.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is working with relevant ministries, sectors, and localities to draft a national strategy on green growth for 2021-30 and vision to 2050.

Coastal areas of Ninh Thuận Province are at high risk of pollution from the large amount of waste discharged in the locality.

According to meteorological experts, natural disasters are predicted to become more unpredictable and extreme due to climate change. Professor Doctor Trần Thục, former director of Institute of Hydrometeorology and Climate Change and president of Việt Nam Association of Hydrometeorology talks to Tài Nguyên và Môi Trường (Natural Resources and Environment) newspaper about this issue and the need to promote disaster risk management.

At least 86 per cent of advertisements for illegal wildlife products in hotels, restaurants, bars, pet shops and herbal medicine shops in Thừa Thiên-Huế, Đà Nẵng and Quảng Nam were removed by local authorities in 2019 and 2020.

A female sea turtle that was rescued by a fisherman in Thăng Bình District has been handed over to rescuers of the Đà Nẵng-based SaSa Marine animals rescue team.

An innovative public bike-sharing scheme has been launched by Huế City, the International Co-operation Agency of Germany (GIZ) and tech firm Vietsoftpro to develop a bicycle transportation plan for 2021-2026 that mobilises private investment for bike-sharing.

Disaster prevention should be a radical, long-term strategy, based on new technology such as forecasting and remote sensing to minimise damage.

The Vietnamese Government integrated gender equality and social inclusion in its updated Nationally Determined Contribution, which was submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in September 2020.

A refrigerant chemical that is harmful to the environment and has ozone depletion potential is still being used in many household and industrial air conditioners and refrigerators in Việt Nam.

These new projects will help conserve more than 950,000 hectares of forested area across 12 provinces in the country.

The coral reef in the Côn Đảo National Park is recovering following the implementation of a project since May 2018, according to the board that has been running it.

The HCM City People's Committee has approved a programme to reduce environmental pollution over the next decade to improve the city's environment and enable it to adapt to climate change.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà and Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Takio Yamada signed a protocol in Hà Nội earlier this week regarding two non-projects on receiving an oceanographic research vessel and supporting equipment for investigating, surveying and analysing ocean plastic waste.

Việt Nam should pay more attention to developing skilled human resources ready for the renewable energy boom, according to experts at an event on energy transition held on Friday in Hà Nội.

Việt Nam has substantial potential in offshore wind and solar power, with huge opportunities for the integration of different energy technologies and the combination of renewable energies and agriculture.

The rainy season will begin two or three weeks earlier than usual in the south this year because of the La Nina phenomenon, the Southern Hydro-Meteorological Station has forecast.