Southern provinces strengthen fire prevention measures during dry season Patrols will be increased and fire safety promoted by local districts in HCM City and neighboring provinces in an aim to prevent forest fires during the current dry season, the city's Fire Fighting and Prevention Police Department has said.

HCM City scales up smart city development project to all districts The HCM City People’s Committee has urged all districts to conduct programmes on smart city development, with specific targets, roadmaps and implementation measures suited to the characteristics of individual locality.

Mekong Delta, Central Highlands brace for forest fires

Authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta and Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) regions are taking precautionary measures to protect forests facing high risk of fires due to the prolonged hot and dry weather.

Top leader chairs meeting of Party Central Committee’s Secretariat

The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee met in Hà Nội on Friday chaired by Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng to review the performance of its directive on the organisation of the Tết (Lunar New Year) festival.

Australia to probe crash that killed three US firefighters

Police investigators will join a probe into the crash of a firefighting plane that killed three American crew helping to battle Australia's devastating bushfires, officials said on Friday.

Forestry sector aims for 10% growth in exports this year The forestry sector had set a target of earning US$12.5 billion from exports this year, up 10 per cent year-on-year, said Phạm Văn Điển, deputy director general of the Việt Nam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST).

Australian volunteer firefighter charged with lighting bushfires Police in fire-ravaged Australia on Wednesday charged a volunteer firefighter with arson, alleging he lit seven blazes before returning to help colleagues extinguish them.

National Assembly focuses on extinguishing huge fires

The National Assembly spent the whole day yesterday discussing the implementation of policies and laws on fire prevention and fighting from 2014-2018.

Photo exhibition shows dedication of firefighters The blackened faces of firefighters due to smoke and dust and their smiles that shine through once a fire is under control are the subject of a photo exhibition that kicked off today in Hà Nội.

More than 2 million animals perish in Bolivia wildfires

More than two million wild animals, including jaguars, pumas and llamas, have perished in weeks of wildfires that devastated huge swaths of Bolivian forest and grassland, environmental experts said Wednesday.