Việt Nam News

A new 1.2km-long embankment worth VNĐ300 billion (US$12.9 million) will be built to prevent landslides along Vàm Cỏ Tây River in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An next year.

Thousands of rice farmers in the northern province of Thái Bình are benefiting from a programme meant to help them adopt innovative technologies and approaches to increase yields while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a meeting heard in HCM City on December 25.

Representatives from 30 tour operators and travel agencies recently signed a pledge to support responsible tourism, nature conservation and wildlife protection during a training workshop at Cát Tiên National Park in the southern province of Dong Nai.

Panasonic Appliances Vietnam has received the Most Energy Efficient Products 2020 award, organised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, for its energy-saving and environment-friendly household electronic products.

Phạm Thanh Trí from Quảng Ngãi founded EcoFish Vietnam to teach young people to classify and reuse plastic waste.

He divided the land into three areas, with two for breeding cattle and growing fruit trees, and the other as a shelter for the storks and many other types of creatures.

A seminar was held in Hà Nội on Tuesday to discuss research on incorporating goals of the national action plan implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and national strategy on green growth into socio-economic development plans of centrally-run cities and provinces.

A strong cold spell has hit the northern region of Việt Nam, bringing rain and lowering temperatures.

La Vie , a subsidiary of Nestlé Group, has launched natural mineral water using recycled plastic bottles.

Households in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh have been planting protective forests in coastal areas to prevent erosion and earn a living for a number of years.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta is expected to become an energy export hub in 2021-30 under a plan drawn up by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Local people have long been reportedly involved in illegal wild bird hunting and poaching in Cát Bà Island of the northern city of Hải Phòng and local authorities have failed to curb the problem for decades.

The European Union (EU) is funding a biodiversity protection and environmental sustainability project in Đà Nắng City in 42 months from July 2020, to the end of December 2023, with total funding of 650,000 euros.

HCM City authorities are allocating land for installation of standard waste transfer stations, the city Department of Natural Resources and Environment has said.

The ancient town of Hội An, in co-operation with UNESCO, has launched the 2020 Plastic Action Day, boosting drastic activities in protecting the ocean and saying ‘No’ to single-use plastic products.

As many as 37,000 tonnes of solid waste is generated daily in urban areas, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE).

Despite 50 per cent of businesses applying the resource efficient and cleaner production (RECP), savings of fuel and energy consumption per product only achieved a ratio of eight to 13 per cent in 2016-20.

Prolonged heavy rains during the past three days have caused serious flooding and landslides in parts of central Viet Nam and the Central Highlands, leaving at least one person missing.