Environment

Authorities in the Central Region are preparing for the coming storm season as it is forecasted that there will be six to eight storms and tropical depressions in the East Sea.

HCM City has reached 12 of its 16 targets in its pollution reduction programme for the 2016-20 period, according to the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

The lives of 200 bears have been rescued from the caged life to Vietnam Bear Rescue Center over recent years.

The Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation plans to soon connect all rooftop solar power to the electricity grid.

Nets will be used at Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve in the central province of Quang Tri to prevent langurs from attacking people.

Vietnam will honour organisations and individuals with great contributions to wildlife conservation in the 2010-2020 period.

A strong cold spell is forecasted to hit the northern region from next Monday, bringing heavy rains and low temperatures.

Phuoc Binh National Park is trying to save a group of 11 cross-bred gaurs which have been left staving in Ninh Thuan Province.

Volunteers helped collect a large amount of rubbish left on Hang Ma Street, Hanoi, during the Full Moon Festival on the night of September 30.

Some Vietnamese experts have advocated a plan to turn Hanoi’s To Lich River into a recreational area with investment from Japan.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the northern province of Ha Nam to take emergency actions to protect white-rumped langurs – a critically endangered primate species endemic to northern Vietnam.

A large area of newly-planted mangrove forest in Ha Tinh Province is dying because of pests and bad weather and there appears to be no solution to deal with the problem.

Several southern cities and provinces have accelerated research into air pollution to develop clean air plans by 2025, according to Assoc. Prof. Dr Hồ Quốc Bằng from the Institute for Environment and Resources at the Việt Nam National University

Hundreds of households living at the foot of a mountain in Nha Trang are fearing for their lives after a previous landslide killed 10 people.

Saline intrusion and drought are to continue affecting the Mekong Delta region in the 2020-2021 dry season.

The northern province of Ninh Binh’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued a document to ask for stricter control over wild animal protection, particularly bird species.

The Indian government has funded a total USD350,000 for four provinces in the Mekong Delta region to respond to saline instruction.

Authorities in Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province, have decided to close the Cam Ly dumping site due to the serious pollution.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked ministries, sectors and 28 coastal localities to focus on implementing directions and guidelines relating to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing prevention, thus effectively realising European Council’s recommendations in the field.