Environment

A five-year project which aims at shifting Vietnam's private sector toward sustainable energy use has been officially launched in southern Tây Ninh City.

The Ministry of Finance said it has completed a draft resolution on the adjustment of environmental protection tax rates for gasoline, oil, and grease, which is set to become effective from April 1.

A diplomat of Vietnam underlined the importance of ensuring equality and justice in climate change response, with climate finance commitments being fully implemented on the basis of common but differentiated responsibility.

A light-turning off event is set to be launched this March across the country for Earth Hour 2022 in a bid to encourage local people to save electricity and work together to protect the environment, according to the Ministry

The United Nations warned Wednesday that it faces a crippling lack of funds to tackle Somalia's devastating drought, which has been "overshadowed" by other humanitarian crises including the war in Ukraine.

Solar farms along tsunami-ravaged coastlines, green energy "micro-grids" and the experimental production of non-polluting hydrogen: 11 years after its nuclear nightmare, Japan's Fukushima region is investing in a renewable future.

SEOUL: Climate action and carbon neutral initiatives “are no longer an option but a must” for the world to ensure sustainable living, former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said.

Authorities in the Mekong Delta are strengthening measures to prevent forest fires as the region enters its peak dry season and forests become highly vulnerable to fires.

Provinces in the Mekong Delta have said they have taken effective measures to mitigate saltwater intrusion impacts in the ongoing dry season.

More than 1.2 million hectares out of Vietnam’s total natural land area of over 33 million hectares have not been used yet, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).

The Asian Development Bank has signed a $15 million equity investment in New Forest’s Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 to support sustainable forestry practices in Southeast Asia.

The capital of Vietnam has been choked on unprecedentedly poisonous air over recent days with the air quality index (AQI) monitored at most sensor stations reaching an unhealthy level, even falling to a hazardous level in some places.

Sydney must brace for heavy rains and possible flash flooding over the next two days, authorities said on Tuesday, as an intense weather system battering Australia's east coast slowly shifts south toward New South Wales, its most populous state.

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh on Wednesday affirmed that climate change response was an area of strategic cooperation between Vietnam and the US.

The central province of Quang Tri has so far cleared over 25,000 ha of land from war-left landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) and safely handled 765,000 UXO items.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc glowingly praised US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry for his efforts aimed at promoting co-operation between the two countries over recent times, especially in terms of the joint response to climate change.

Thick ice and frost have appeared on the peak of Mount Phja Oac in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang since early February 20, as temperatures dropped to below zero degree Celsius.

Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum have been instructed to seek the opinion of local residents on the implementation of one hydropower project near Kon Ko Tu tourist village.

A rare and endangered sea turtle has been found in a fishing net in the central province of Ha Tinh’s Nghi Xuan District.