Environment

Nhue River in Hanoi has become more polluted due to rubbish.

The farmers in Binh Thuan Province are facing dropping river water levels and imminent drought.

More than 100 people have helped collect rubbish on a beach in the southern central province of Ninh Thuan.

Nearly 900,000 pangolins are believed to have been trafficked across Southeast Asia in the past two decades, a wildlife watchdog said Thursday, highlighting the challenge in tackling the illicit trade.

A man in Dak Nong Province is facing a fine of VND315m (USD13,600) after catching and selling an endangered pangolin.

Over 20,000 households in Ca Mau are being threatened by erosion along with drought and saline intrusion.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build public private collaboration towards circular economy in plastic waste management was signed in Hanoi on February 19.

Australia's "black summer" of devastating bushfires is finally coming to a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-fuelled disasters are raging on.

Local people at Bac Kan Province's Cho Don District are complaining about serious pollution caused by a dumping site including swarming flies.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Vietnam and the Centre of Biodiversity Conservation, GreenViet, will work together on a project to protect the gray-shanked douc langurs in the central province’s Núi Thành district in 2020.

Air quality in Hanoi has worsened due to dense mist on February 13.

A company in Phu Yen Province has been fined VND90m (USD3,900) for illegally quarrying thousands of cubic metres of rock.

The northern region will experience cold and rainy weather in the next 10 days.

Bac Lieu Province will face severe drought and saline intrusion during the dry season this year, according to the provincial people's committee.

A large area of protective forest in the central highlands province of Dak Lak was destroyed during the Tet holiday.

Yemen's war makes life a daily struggle for millions of civilians, but creatures in the country's neglected zoos, including lions, leopards and baboons also face an uncertain future.

The Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) recorded 1,777 violations related to wild animal protection in 2019, according to deputy director of ENV Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung.

A cold spell has been predicted to hit the northern region and cause heavy rains from February 7.

Hanoi will complete a system of 81 air quality monitoring stations by the end of this year, said director of the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyễn Trọng Đông on Wednesday.