Việt Nam News

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has organised a programme to introduce the zero-waste concept to companies in the tourism and hospitality sectors.

As in other big cities across the country, Hà Nội’s residents are suffering from serious noise pollution.

In only a week, two captive Asiatic black bears were rescued in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng.

Việt Nam now has about 800 large urban areas, of which there are more than 100 cities. The high speed of urban development requires well-trained urban management staff, said Kinh Tế & Đô Thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper.

Hưng Yên Province has fined AOCC Ltd. Co. VNĐ400 million (approximately US$16,000) for committing another environmental violation.

Local authorities are trying to bury the body of a 150kg dolphin that drifted to the coast of Phú Quốc, confirmed Kiên Giang southern province’s Phú Quốc District authorities.

Authorities in southern Bình Dương Province have discovered that a company had been illegally dumping untreated industrial waste in the Tân Uyên Commune.

Vietnamese people can control their own forest resources, ensure food security and diversify their income through the application of Management Information System for Forest Sector  in Việt Nam (FORMIS).

Việt Nam can meet its future energy demand while still complying with the Paris Agreement if 30 GW of coal power, equivalent to 25 coal-fired power plants , is replaced by renewable energy.

<p> <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu's People’s Committee has fined Pomina Steel VNĐ4.8 billion (US$210,500) over 17 environmental violations committed by two subsidiaries over the last two years.</span></p>

Central Nha Trang City People’s Court on Monday sentenced a wildlife trafficker to four-and-a-half years in prison for smuggling and processing more than 10 tonnes of sea turtle.

Everyone has their own set of qualities to look for in an ideal partner, but what if the ability to classify garbage is the only trait one is seeking?

As a tropical low-pressure system is continuing to develop, agencies must closely monitor the situation so that captains and owners of vessels receive timely notification of its progress in order to avoid dangerous areas.

The Solar Experience Space (SES) model, a collaboration of Bách Khoa Energy Corporate (SolarBK) and HCM City Science Technology University, will compete in the final of the Smarter Energy Award 2018 – an annual event held in Munich, Germany on June 20-22.

 

Dozens of embassies and international organisations marked the World Environment Day (June 5) by signing a Code of Conduct on Combating Plastic Pollution.

The number of landslides along riverbanks and the coast in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has been increasing as local authorities continue to struggle to find solutions amid a budget shortage.

Many countries and organisations, including Việt Nam, have had strong actions and measures to realise their commitments in the fight against illegal wildlife trade, heard a meeting held in Hà Nội on May 31.

Illegal mineral mining and transportation in northern province of Bắc Kan have developed complicated, making local authorities struggle to control.