Environment

Students of Thanh Đa Secondary School in HCM City’s Bình Thạnh District have greater awareness of air pollution and measures to prevent it after an air quality index monitor was installed in the school a few months ago.

Vietnamese authorities have started many plans and programmes in order to reduce ocean plastic waste.

Many species of rare turtles are in danger of extinction due to illegal trading in Vietnam.

Various environmental incidents in 2019 have forced Vietnam’s people and Government to face a reckoning.

Several cold spells will arrive in the northern region in late January but the temperatures will be higher than in previous years, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Palau's pioneering ban on "reef-toxic" sunscreens took effect Wednesday as the tiny Pacific island nation introduced strict environmental measures that also include one of the world's largest marine sanctuaries.

Fire-ravaged Australia has launched a major operation to reach thousands of people stranded in seaside towns after deadly bushfires ripped through popular tourist areas on New Year's Eve.

One of the most beautiful beaches in the central province of Quang Ngai is facing serious erosion, affecting tourism services.

A group of students in the central city of Danang have successfully made a machine for gathering rubbish on beaches.

Police from the southeastern province of Binh Phuoc have seized 10 civets transported from Cambodia to Vietnam for investigating the case of trafficking rare and precious wild animals.

Customs in northern Hải Phòng City have seized more than two tonnes of ivory tusks and pangolin scales, the Voice of Vietnam reported.

Many areas in the Central Highlands city of Dalat are being polluted by a fire at a local rubbish dump site.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is coordinating with forest rangers of Zone 4 to organise a training course on combating wildlife trafficking, in Buon Ma Thuot city, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

Hanoi People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung has signed a directive asking related agencies to quickly deal with air pollution and let pupils stay home on bad air days.

Many people living near Nam Son dumping site in Hanoi’s outlying district of Soc Son gathered to block rubbish trucks from entering.

Police in the central province of Ha Tinh on December 25 seized five tonnes of live wild animals on a bus that was moving from the south to the north.

The concerned localities and agencies have been urged to actively brace for a new severe storm forecast which is quickly heading towards the East Sea in the last days of 2019.

A Japanese government agency has proposed releasing radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the environment, as storage space runs out.

A video-making contest named “I choose” is open for young people aged 12 – 18 to improve public awareness of the harmful effects of plastic waste to the environment.