Environment

Kindergarten teacher Lolita Akim fires up five standing fans with three more at the ready as she fights to hold the attention of her pint-sized pupils in Manila's soaring heat.

Around 25 hectares of mangrove forest in the central province of Ha Tinh have withered for years. However, no reforestation efforts have been undertaken until now.

As southern provinces experience intensifying heat, electricity consumption has sharply increased, especially during the peak summer months of April to June.

H'Hen Nie started on a project to plant five hectares of forest within three months to commemorate five years since she won her Miss Universe title.

The central region of Vietnam has been forecasted to witness an intense heatwave, with the highest temperature of 39 degrees Celsius.

Many localities in Vietnam have witnessed forest fires recently due to the prolonged dry weather.

Leaders of Laos and Ethiopia, the UN, and the World Resources Institute delivered important speeches at the fourth Partnership for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 Summit in Hanoi on Wednesday.

Heavy rains have lashed the Myanmar region stricken by last month's earthquake, aid officials said Wednesday, drenching homeless survivors and bogging down relief efforts.

Hanoi will build a VND740 billion (USD28.98 million) wastewater treatment plant in Ha Dong District.

Hanoi authorities have declared an emergency for erosion at Duong River.

The once-pristine Lap An Lagoon in Hue City is facing increasing environmental pressure due to the expansion of unsustainable economic activities.

Hanoi authorities have approved a VND500-billion (USD19.58 million) wastewater treatment project in Son Tay Town.

Strong winds wreaked havoc in Beijing and parts of northern China on Saturday, causing hundreds of flights to be cancelled, attractions to close and rail lines to be suspended, state media said.

A cold air mass is moving southward, bringing heavy rain to the northern and central regions, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

A man in the central province of Quang Binh has rescued a rare pangolin caught in a roadside net.

The southern province of Dong Thap Province has welcomed six red-crowned cranes from Thailand as part of a conservation effort to restore the species through breeding and reintroduction.

Thousands of residents of the SDU apartment complex in Hanoi have resorted to buying bottled water or collecting water from makeshift taps after the building's water supply was contaminated.

Soft mud eruptions have happened in the southern central province of Phu Yen’s Dong Xuan District for over the past two days.

Unseasonal rain is expected to hit HCM city on April 9-10, according to the Southern Regional Hydrometeorological Centre.