Environment

It is quite common to see rubbish dumping on many streets in Hanoi, which has become a thorny issue in the city for many years.

The northern region of Vietnam is experiencing quite severe air pollution and the problem would continue in many days to come.

The last domesticated elephant in the northern Central Highlands region of Vietnam has died at the age of 50.

A group of gaurs that had been left starving at the Phuoc Binh National Forest in Ninh Thuan Province have improved after receiving better care.

Pacific island leaders will hold a virtual summit next week to demand urgent worldwide action on climate change ahead of UN-brokered talks on the issue.

Oolong tea hill in Sapa Town in the northern province of Lao Cai will be shut from tomorrow, December 3 after being harmed by visitors.

China landed a probe on the Moon on Tuesday, said Beijing's space agency, which aims to bring back to Earth the first lunar samples in four decades.

An elephant dubbed the "world's loneliest" landed in Cambodia Monday from Pakistan, receiving a warm welcome from American superstar Cher who will accompany it to a sanctuary housing potential mates.

Many roads in the south-central and central highlands regions have been blocked by serious landslides.

HCM City will assess the relationship between the factors that cause climate change and its socio-economic plans to develop long-term responses.

HCM City needs around VND29 trillion (USD1.25 billion) to handle solid waste in the 2020-2025 period.

Local authorities of Con Dao Island District, off the coast of southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, in cooperation with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), have launched a Zero Plastic Waste programme, aiming to eliminate single-use plastic products.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to see a cold snap from Friday evening, the National Centre for Hydrometeorology Forecasting reported.

Most of the trees on Ly Son Island in the central province of Quang Ngai have been damaged by recent storms.

A vast area of beaches in several central provinces have been seriously eroded as trees have fallen and embankments destroyed after the recent storms.

The 31st Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment (ASOEN 31) and related meetings kicked off via videoconference on November 24 and will run until November 27.

Strengthening legislation and communications about wildlife protection was the main topic of a discussion held last week in Hanoi.

The Vietnam Green Building Week 2020 will be held at InterContinental Hanoi Landmark 72 in Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem district by the Ministry of Construction in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from December 9-11.

A large area of a forest in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has been destroyed for months, but local authorities have claimed that they knew nothing about the incident.