Environment

A severe heatwave is hitting the northern region this week.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Tri have moved a rare monkey which local people have complained about to a forest.

Chungchenggnam-do province, in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula, will achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 through close cooperation with local residents, the provincial council, and civic organizations, Governor Yang Seung-jo told an international summit of leaders from national governments,

An innovative public bike-sharing scheme has been launched by Huế City, the International Co-operation Agency of Germany (GIZ) and tech firm Vietsoftpro to develop a bicycle transportation plan for 2021-2026 that mobilises private investment for bike-sharing.

The northern region will have heavy rain from the evening of May 4, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

More than 30 red-crowned cranes have returned to Phú Mỹ Biosphere Reserve in Kiên Giang Province and Tràm Chim National Park in Đồng Tháp Province after a year of absence.

Bac Ninh authorities have fined firms and household businesses that are causing pollution VND2.23bn (USD96,700) in the area.

Germany's glaciers are melting at a faster pace than feared and the country could lose its last ice caps in 10 years, an alarming report said Thursday.

Two schools in the northern province of Bac Ninh have had to close due to being seriously flooded by wastewater discharged from nearby production facilities.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is launching two new projects to help Vietnam contribute climate-positive actions toward addressing the global climate crisis.

Many foreigners have collected rubbish together on a beach in the central city of Da Nang over the past month.

Authorities in the Central Highlands city of Dalat have requested people to ask for permission before cutting down any pine tree, as part of efforts to protect pine forests in the area from illegal logging.

Vietnam will greatly reduce coal-based power generation and rapidly increase the share of renewables in the total primary energy supply to 20 per cent by 2030 and 30 per cent by 2045, said Vietnamese President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on Thursday hosted an Earth Day event in Da Lat city to mark the completion of the Vietnam Forests and Deltas project and

Numerous proposals have been shared at the World Journalists Conference 2021 where journalists and experts from many countries worldwide discussed measures to battle climate change which is becoming a burning global issue.

Authorities in the central city of Danang have announced a project to make the city an environmental city during the 2021-2030 period.

The central highlands Gia Lai province, in co-operation with Man and the Biosphere Programme, an intergovernmental scientific programme of UNESCO, has completed a dossier for the World Biosphere Reserve recognition of Kon Hà Nừng Highlands.

Many streets in Ho Chi Minh City have been seriously flooded following heavy rain, causing traffic congestion on Friday morning.

Hundreds of households in Nghe An Province's Dien Chau District are complaining about the environment being polluted by wastewater from a local industrial zone.