Environment

Sri Lanka's coronavirus lockdown has helped reduce the death toll from clashes between elephants and humans, conservationists have said.

Hanoi is carrying out a project to install around 11,000 solar energy dustbins across the city, aiming to help protect the environment.

Many streets in Dien Bien Phu City in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien have transformed into rivers after torrential rain.

The largest freshwater lake in the northern province of Quang Ninh has seen the lowest water level for nearly 40 years.

A tropical depression developed into a storm, named Sinlaku, at noon of August 1, becoming the second to enter the East Sea since the beginning of this year.

Another aftershock was reported in Son La Province in the early morning of August 1 after a 5.3 magnitude quake on July 27.

Widespread heavy rains are forecasted to hit the northern and central regions from August 1 to 3.

The beginning of the rainy season has worsened land erosion along rivers and canals in the Mekong Delta.

Air quality in Hanoi has worsened over recent days after an improvement thanks to recent good weather.

Ninh Binh Bear Sanctuary has announced that they have received two Asian black bears from the illegal animal trade in Lai Chau Province.

The State Audit of Vietnam proposed that an audit on water resources in the Mekong River basin be conducted by the agency called "ASOSAI's cooperative environmental audit in Southeast Asia in the 2020-2021 period".

Many areas of Ly Son-Sa Huynh Geo-Park in the central province of Quang Ngai have been significantly affected by illegal construction activities, while the province is seeking UNESCO recognition for the site.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 23 issued Directive 29/CT-TTg on urgent measures to tighten the management of wildlife.

Rivers in northern provinces are severely polluted, according to the Vietnam Environment Administration's report released recently.

Dozens of households in An Giang Province are being threatened by erosion along the Hau River.

Quang Ninh Province has reported record water shortages in major lakes and reservoirs in Co To Island and Yen Lap, the largest reservoir in Quang Ninh.

Five people have been killed and two others injured in the worst flooding in nearly 60 years in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

A group of 500 grey-shanked douc langurs and 100 northern buffed-cheeked gibbons have been discovered in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.

More than 10,000 people in a mountainous district in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have been in dire need of drinking water for months due to long drought.