Environment

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a programme on searching for underground water resources to supply mountainous areas and areas facing shortages of water.

Authorities of the Central Highlands provinces have found coaches illegally transporting wild animals.

The capital Hanoi has continued facing terrible air pollution which is posing a risk to health.

For the first time in almost three decades, the silver-backed chevrotain or mouse deer that is thought to be on the verge of extinction has been spotted in a jungle in Vietnam.

HCM City is facing difficulties collecting over 9,000 tonnes of domestic rubbish every day.

As Storm Nakri has weakened, heavy rains and landslides are forecasted in some southern central provinces.

Urban railways are a way to cut carbon emissions in big cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, according to experts from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Vietnam’s ecosystems are in a strong decline and are threatened with losing their basic functions, experts said at a two-day conference that ended on Hanoi on November 7.

Dien Bien police on November 8 said they had seized 47 wildlife animals weighing 169kg in total from two vehicles on National Highway 12.

Urban railways are a way to cut carbon emissions in big cities like Hà Nội and HCM City, according to experts from the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA).

Heavily pregnant Rachel Gokavi spends most days shut away in her New Delhi home, desperate to shield her unborn child from the toxic air blamed for soaring miscarriage rates and infant deaths.

Hanoi had the highest PM2.5 air pollution index in October, while the central city of Hue was ranked the lowest in the list.

Air quality monitoring systems in Hanoi have shown an alarming readings since the morning of November 6.

Denmark pledges to strengthen and expand cooperation with Vietnam in the field of energy in the coming time, said Morten Baek, Permanent Secretary at the Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate, at a press conference in Hanoi November 5.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment held a meeting in Hanoi on November 4 to report on the preparation of an international conference on sustainable marine economic development and climate change adaptation.

The United States on Monday formally notified the United Nations that it was withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, making the world's largest economy the sole outlier from the agreement.

Hanoi authorities have taken more drastic actions to end the use of beehive-shaped coal stoves by 2020 as part of measures to improve air quality and living conditions.

HCM City People's Committee has asked related agencies to focus on dealing with canal and channel pollution and encroachment in the area.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha has visited the site and checked the water treatment project at the To Lich River.