Environment

A programme encouraging young people to join hands to protect primates in Vietnam was launched in Hanoi on December 15.

The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment has proposed local authorities to raise the frequency of air monitoring.

Vietnam and the Czech Republic will enhance environmental collaboration under an action plan for cooperation during 2020-2025 signed between Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha and his Czech counterpart Richard Brabec in Prague on December 13.

Hanoi’s air pollution has continued worsening, ranking among the worst cities in the world for air pollution.

Indonesia's little-known glaciers are melting so fast they could disappear in a decade, a new study says, underscoring the imminent threat posed by climate change to ice sheets in tropical countries.

Scientists said Wednesday they have come up with an environmentally-friendly method that uses artificial sunlight to transform plastic into power-generating chemicals, as countries worldwide battle to reduce waste.

ASEAN-member countries have vowed to take immediate action to resolve problems caused by worsening drought in Southeast Asia, especially in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, which is especially susceptible to global warming.

Air quality in Hanoi worsened this morning, November 11, as the northern region has had dry weather over recent days.

Officials of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho had a working session with representatives from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on December 9 to discuss a project to reduce domestic waste in Can Tho in the coming time.

U Minh Thuong National Park in Kien Giang Province still has its own unique beauty and is home to thousands of animals.

First phase of metro city project in HCMC to be completed by Q3 2021.

Hanoi's Department of Natural Resources and Environment has outlined a plan to reduce air pollution in 2020.

A strange black strip of water has raised public concerns about marine pollution at Khe Hai Beach in Quang Ngai Province.

Four Paws Organisation has rescued an Asiatic black bear which has been kept by a family in the northern mountainous province of Son La for nearly 30 years.

The Japan-Vietnam Environmental Improvement Joint Stock Company has shown their interest in the initial investment in a project to help tackle the pollution in Hanoi’s To Lich River, using Japanese Nano-Bioreactor technology.

Saigon River in HCM City is facing serious pollution from plastic waste which has been swept into the river.

Reports from the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological indicate that typhoon Kammuri is forecast to move out of the eastern waters of the Philippines and begin to head towards the East Sea from the morning of December 2.

Outstanding law enforcement individuals and collectives with great contributions to wildlife protection were honoured with the third Outstanding Achievement Awards for Wildlife Protection 2019.

The southern province of Bac Lieu is facing rising mounds of rubbish while the waste treatment plant project is stagnant.