Việt Nam News

Nguyễn Thị Ngọc, a student at Hà Nội University of Science and Technology and a member of the Green Eye Group in the Youth for Environment Project, has proposed that customers should be allowed to take their used milk cartons or bottles and electronic devices to stores where they initially bought them and receive a discount for future purchases. 

The National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Centre has rejected reports alleging the eighth storm to hit central region of Việt Nam, known as Saudel, is actually a super typhoon.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday ordered the Ministry of Finance to allocate 5,000 tonnes of rice from the national reserves to the flood-hit provinces of Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên Huế and Quảng Nam.

The southern province of Tây Ninh on Thursday (October 15) began releasing more than 515,000 fry of various fish species into the Dầu Tiếng Reservoir to regenerate fishery resources during the ongoing rainy season.

It has been more than a year since the fight against plastic waste was launched on a national scale and despite claims of success by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, VietnamPlus reporters have observed that single-use plastic is still commonly used at markets and supermarkets in Ha Noi.

Authorities lost contact with 13 members of the rescue team late on Monday night, while some members have returned safely to the rescue base.

Typhoon Nangka, the seventh to form in the East Sea this year, has been forecast to make landfall in northern and north-central regions on Wednesday afternoon, bringing torrential rain and high risk of flooding and severe landslides.

HCM City is expanding the "green school model" at all educational levels as part of its effort to raise awareness about environmental protection through energy saving, recycling, and waste separation at source.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Phú Yên TTP Joint Stock Company (Phú Yên JSC) on Friday signed a US$186 million loan to develop and operate a 257 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in the southern province of Phú Yên’s Hòa Hội, through the country’s first certified green loan.

Five sailors were rescued from the sea after their boat sank late Thursday off the coast of Quảng Trị province.

Houses and restaurants along the Hoài River in Hội An were evacuated on Thursday afternoon after floodwater breached many buildings following three days of uninterrupted rain.

The central region is forecast to experience prolonged heavy rains and floods in the coming days due to a low-pressure system in the East Sea that may grow into a tropical depression.

Although the law prohibits any possession or sale of ivory items, jewellery made from these wild animals is widely available across the country, both in physical stores and online.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ will build an additional 30-metre stretch of embankment at a site of erosion along the Trà Nóc River in Bình Thủy District.

The Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation plans to soon connect all rooftop solar power to the electricity grid.

Head of Hà Nội’s Environment Protection Division under the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment  Mai Trọng Thái told Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper about measures to improve air quality in the city

HCM City has reached 12 of its 16 targets in its pollution reduction programme for the 2016-20 period, according to the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

The growth of solar power generation in Việt Nam has come alongside increasing concern over the disposal of end-of-life solar panels in the coming decades.