Environment

New Zealand unveiled a blueprint Sunday to phase out petrol-powered cars while its dairy industry, a key pillar of the economy, must slash cow numbers under the ambitious plan to be carbon neutral by 2050.

Ho Chi Minh City needs 553 billion VND (23.9 million USD) to invest in a motorbike emission control programme in the city by 2030.

HCM City needs VNĐ553 billion (US$23.9 million) to invest in the motorbike emission control programme in the city by 2030. Of that, the city plans to check exhaust emissions for impoverished households free of charge between 2023-2025.

The central province of Quảng Trị, the area most heavily contaminated by unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Vietnam following the war with the US, is working to clear about 3,000ha of land each year to become the first Vietnamese locality

Ha Nam provincial authorities have been asked to plan a conservation area to protect the Delacour's langurs from development activities.

Overfishing has wiped out over 70 percent of some shark and ray populations in the last half-century, leaving a "gaping, growing hole" in ocean life, according to a new study.

Ca Mau People's Committee has announced the establishment of a conservation forest to protect the ecosystem on Hon Khoai and Hon Chuoi island cluster.

The central province of Quang Tri, which has the greatest amount of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the country, is working to clear about 3,000ha of land each year to become the first Vietnamese locality to be safe from UXO

The Singapore Zoo has welcomed a lion cub named Simba to its animal kingdom following artificial insemination that officials said Tuesday was a first for the city-state.

A new species of damselfly was recently discovered in two national parks in the neighbouring provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh in central Vietnam.

Authorities in Lam Dong Province have suspended a golf project that has caused damage to forested land over a 13-year period.

Hanoi’s air pollution has continued worsening in many areas, posing health risks for local residents.

HCMC will change the location for water sourcing to the upstream of Saigon and Dong Nai rivers and then to Dau Tieng and Tri An reservoirs due to pollution fears.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday welcomed US President Joe Biden's decision to rejoin the Paris climate accord, but called on him to adopt an "ambitious" plan to fight global warming.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has demanded subordinate levels strengthen air pollution control as air quality in many localities, particularly Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City has worsened.

The Vietnam Environment Administration has announced that they has stopped the special supervision at Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Co Ltd who caused the mass fish death disaster in the central region.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has asked other ministries, agencies and localities to take action in response to World Wetlands Day (February 2).

Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum have requested the suspension of small-scale hydropower projects which would badly affect the environment.

An elderly man in HCM City has gathered litter at a local canal voluntarily for years for free.