Environment

Many streets in Hanoi have seen rubbish piling up over the past three days as the city's biggest dumping site has closed.

Four partners have collectively pledged USD665 million toward a platform managed by the Asian Development Bank that aims to mobilize an additional USD7 billion for low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to experience the strongest cold spell since the onset of this year’s winter.

More than 100 global leaders late on Monday pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by US$19 billion in public and private funds to invest in protecting and restoring forests.

Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh has called on countries to make strong commitments to reduce greenhouse emissions on the basis of common responsibility that suit their conditions and capacity.

Ahead of PM Pham Minh Chinh's attendance at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties in the UK, Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long discussed the upcoming trip in a recent media interview.

Ambassador of Denmark to Vietnam, Kim Højlund Christensen, and Vice Minister for Industry and Trade of Vietnam, Dang Hoang An, on Thursday signed a new agreement to kick off the Energy Partnership Programme between Denmark and Vietnam for the 2021-2025

A strong cold spell is covering the northern and northern-central regions of Vietnam from Thursday, bringing down temperatures to between 18-21 degrees Celsius in lowland areas and below 17 degrees Celsius in mountainous areas.

A 120-kg sea turtle stuck in a fishing net was released to the sea by border guards at Roon border post in Quang Trach district of the central province of Quang Binh and local fishermen on October 27 morning.

Many families living by the Thu Bon River in the central province of Quang Nam are worried about losing their houses and land due to the serious river erosion.

The Nui Chua National Park in the south central province of Ninh Thuan is among the rare destinations in Vietnam where sea turtles lay their eggs.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam launched a news portal on climate change for young people at a discussion held virtually on October 22.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Directorate of Fisheries of the Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Thursday launched the Mekong Delta Coastal Habitat Conservation project.

Hanoi has two landfills, Xuan Son and Nam Son, which are all treating waste by burying. Both of these landfills have constantly operated beyond their capacity and are now already overloaded.

To help farmers manage climate-related risks such as flooding, drought and saline intrusion, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development launched the Climate-Smart Maps and Adaption Plans.

As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, the looming climate crisis has fallen down the agenda, with efforts to stave off future environmental catastrophe waylaid in favour of immediate public concerns.

Five grey-shanked douc langurs have been found dead in a mountainous area in the central province of Quang Ngai.

A Vietnam-Singapore forum specifically for senior energy industry leaders is scheduled to be held on October 21 in Hanoi in order to discuss how to maintain growth and sustainability, even during crises and challenging contexts.

The Green Climate Fund has provided an additional US$30 million as non-refundable assistance to help regions in the southcentral and Central Highlands of the country deal with the negative impact of climate change.