Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is calling for ideas to create a draft decree that establishes a system of regulations ensuring Việt Nam’s legal timber and wood products qualify for import and export.

Three bears that had been illegally kept in captivity in the central province of Nghệ An have been transferred to a bear protection centre in the northern province of Ninh Bình.

Businesses play an important role in ensuring environmental protection and the sustainable development of Việt Nam, experts said at a forum in HCM City on Thursday.

Born and raised in Hà Nội, 40-year-old Hương – not her real name – found it hard to move away from the comforts of city life despite her desire for a less polluted environment for her children.

In Việt Nam’s rapidly expanding cities, increased development and increased rainfall due to climate change have created significant flood risks, impacting human lives and the economy, and creating environmental problems.

UNICEF Representative in Việt Nam Rana Flowers highlights the importance of raising awareness of the harm air pollution can do to children. Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn Khánh Chi finds out more.

Test results showed the concentrations of ammonia, nitrite and the chemical oxygen demand (COD) in samples were in excess of levels allowed in aquaculture farming

The notoriously polluted Tô Lịch River is undergoing an experimental treatment with Japanese technology that promised to restore purity and life-giving quality to the flow that has for long considered ‘a dead river’ by many citizens in Hà Nội.

Water officials in the Mekong Delta were facing increasing challenges that required joint efforts from all stakeholders, scientists have said.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has kicked off a project to achieve forest coverage of 49.2 per cent in the Central Highlands, or a total of 2.72 million hectares, by 2030.

Professor Dr Đặng Huy Huỳnh, Chairman of the Việt Nam Zoological Society, talks to Tuổi Trẻ newspaper about failures to protect rare animals in Việt Nam

On Saturday, police in Lạng Sơn Province seized 50kg of crayfish being transported in a coach.

Instead of spending tens of billions of đồng to install solar power systems, several enterprises are renting solar power system to save operating costs, reduce electricity bills and promote clean energy development.

HCM City administration has planned to reduce the number of waste transfer stations in the city and strengthening measures to treat solid waste to protect the environment.

Statistics from the Education for Nature – Vietnam highlight how dire the situation is for many animals in Việt Nam

To reduce the plastic waste released into the environment, especially to the ocean, HCM City has approved a project that encourages the recycling of waste, especially plastic waste picked up by private garbage collectors.

The fish, including hemibagrus, red tilapia and carp, were mature and ready to be sold

Private investment mobilisation to rural areas, micro finance for women and smart climate change adaption are three top priorities of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in its coming years in Việt Nam, IFAD Associate Vice President Donal Brown said Wednesday.