Environment

Vietnam has been listed as one of the top five plastic polluters in the world, so eco-friendly technical solutions and the use of bio-degradable plastic products need urgent promotion, participants at a workshop heard on November 29 in Hanoi.

Hanoi has set the target of reducing hard-decomposed plastic bags by 50% at all local traditional markets by the end of 2020, but little has been done to make this a reality.

Protesters in smoke-covered Sydney kicked off a fresh round of global protests against climate change on Friday, with activists and schoolchildren picketing the headquarters of bushfire-ravaged Australia's ruling party.

Many rivers in Hanoi have faced serious pollution for years; however, local authorities have failed to revive them.

A foreign-invested company in Vinh Phuc Province is being investigated after over 100 workers fell ill at work.

The UK has agreed to take back 42 containers of plastic waste illegally shipped to Malaysia, officials said on November 25.

52,700 households in the Mekong Delta are facing a water shortage crisis during the dry season.

Measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions were discussed at a conference organised by the HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Chairwoman of the People's Committee of the northern province of Bac Ninh Nguyen Huong Giang on November 20 hosted a reception for Finnish Ambassador Kari Kahiluoto, during which the two sides discussed the treatment of wastes.

Climate change could directly cost the world economy $7.9 trillion by mid-century as increased drought, flooding and crop failures hamper growth and threaten infrastructure, new analysis showed Wednesday.

Coastal provinces from Quang Ninh to Khanh Hoa have been warned to prepare for the Storm Kalmaegi.

A section of Han River in Danang City has been battling serious pollution for months, affecting the local tourism sector.

More than 10,000 residents in the Dong Van Karst Plateau in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang will no longer have to worry about water shortage for their daily life thanks to the launch of a pumping station

The Central Highlands holds great potential for cultural and ecological tourism, but local provinces still need to work harder to develop these types of tourism effectively and sustainably, heard a national workshop on November 15.

A consultation workshop was held in Hanoi on November 15 to review the National Strategy on Environmental Protection until 2020 and map out a strategy for 2021-2030.

An endangered flock of 500 snakebirds have been found at a tourist site in the southern province of Dong Nai, attracting the attention of forest bird lovers and researchers of endangered wildlife.

The plan to remove dozens of polluting factories out of Hanoi’s centre is at a standstill after years.

Hanoi authorities are proposing to use water from the Red River to revive the heavily polluted To Lich River.

A river near the inter-Korean border turned red with the blood of pigs slaughtered as Seoul attempts to curb the spread of African swine fever.