Environment

A company in Phu Yen Province has been fined VND90m (USD3,900) for illegally quarrying thousands of cubic metres of rock.

The northern region will experience cold and rainy weather in the next 10 days.

Bac Lieu Province will face severe drought and saline intrusion during the dry season this year, according to the provincial people's committee.

A large area of protective forest in the central highlands province of Dak Lak was destroyed during the Tet holiday.

Yemen's war makes life a daily struggle for millions of civilians, but creatures in the country's neglected zoos, including lions, leopards and baboons also face an uncertain future.

The Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) recorded 1,777 violations related to wild animal protection in 2019, according to deputy director of ENV Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung.

A cold spell has been predicted to hit the northern region and cause heavy rains from February 7.

Hanoi will complete a system of 81 air quality monitoring stations by the end of this year, said director of the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyễn Trọng Đông on Wednesday.

Hanoi chairman Nguyen Duc Chung has demanded faster construction of a wastewater treatment plant project to revive the To Lich River.

Miss Universe Vietnam 2018 H'Hen Nie have introduced her photo collection produced during a recent trip to Son Doong Cave in the central province of Quang Binh.

A draft national strategy for environmental protection from 2021-30 was focused on fighting sources of pollution while boosting a low-carbon emission economy, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE).

Saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta might reduce between late March and June this year, according to Phùng Tiến Dũng, head of the Hydrological Forecasting Department for the Central, Central Highlands and Southern region.

A scientific expedition to the Galapagos Islands has discovered a tortoise with a "strong" genetic link to a presumed-extinct subspecies made famous by the popular Lonesome George, national park officials said Friday.

A report issued by the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting anticipates that the north of the country will experience up to three cold snaps throughout the first half of February, with temperatures in some areas dropping as low as

With an area of about 31,000 hectares, the Nui Chua National Park features forest, sea and semi-arid spaces, and efforts are being made to conserve its rich biodiversity while tapping into tourism pot.

The Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, an area that helps feed about 200 million people, is predicted to sink underwater by 2100.

Binh Dinh Province will spend VND99bn (USD4.3m) to build a dyke to protect 100 houses in Nhon Hai Commune which are threatened by erosion.

Authorities in Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok ordered nearly 450 schools to close on January 22 as pollution reached dangerously unhealthy levels.

A fierce cold snap is forecast to hit the nation’s northern and northcentral regions from January 25, on the first day of the first lunar month, according to reports by the National Centre for Hydro-meteorology Forecasting.