Việt Nam News

Biodiversity conservation projects and forest protection in the central highlands region, over the past two years, have been either delayed or suspended as travel and mass gathering activities are limited by COVID-19 prevention measures.

Responding to the movement "Against plastic waste" launched by the Youth Union of Lai Châu Province, the Youth Union of Phong Thổ District has been coordinating with the Sin Suối Hồ Commune's young people to organise the campaign "Exchange plastic waste for gifts".

Tiger trafficking is a lucrative business. In the past week alone, 24 tigers have been recovered by the authorities in Việt Nam. Sadly eight didn’t make it.

The Bến Tre Province People’s Committee plans to build two embankments to prevent river erosion in Bến Tre City and coastal erosion in Thạnh Phú District this year.

Hunting earthworms on a large scale may severely damage the ecosystem and decrease agricultural soil quality, said environment experts.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is calling for contributions to a draft Government’s decree to concretise a number of articles in the amended Law on Environmental Protection that was approved by National Assembly last November. The online newspaper Tài nguyên Môi trường (Natural Resources and Environment) introduced some experts’ opinions.

National footballer Phan Văn Đức will  join hands with local communities and young people in the beach clean-up campaign in Hà Tĩnh, Nghệ An, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Quảng Nam and Thừa Thiên Huế provinces from July to September

Scientists from the Institute of Oceanography under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology have completed a collection of more than 20,000 specimens of sea creatures, with many new creatures discovered for the first time in Vietnamese waters or entirely new species.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang is facing an increase in erosion incidents along rivers and canals as authorities try to protect households living in erosion-prone areas.

The surge in plastic and coronavirus-related wastes in HCM City is creating huge pressure on its waste treatment system. 

As many as 447 wild animals were rescued in Việt Nam in the first six months of the year, according to Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV).

The Hạ Long Bay Management Board in the northern province of Quảng Ninh is carrying various measures to protect coral reef ecosystems in the area.

Deputy Director of Hà Nội’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Mai Trọng Thái, talks to Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper about the capital city’s environmental protection efforts.

In a bid to protect coral reefs and marine ecosystems, authorities in  Bình Định Province, last year, set aside four areas of coral reefs to be managed by local organisations and communities.

Quảng Nam has asked the government to approve a plan to export 2.5 million carbon credits for an amount of VNĐ110 billion (US$4.7 million) to VNĐ130 billion ($5.6 million).

Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông have fined two women more than VNĐ1 billion (US$43,584) for their involvement in the illegal wildlife trade.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau will fine shrimp breeders who violate regulations on dredging shrimp ponds and cause environmental pollution under a new decision to take effect on July 24.

A woman in the northern province of Hà Tĩnh has used her home as a sanctuary for cò cói (Chinese pond heron) for the last 60 years.