Environment

New cleaning machines are being blamed for Hanoi's air pollution after the local authorities stopped watering the streets three years ago.

The southern province of Hau Giang is battling with waste disposal as existing landfills are overloaded, while its waste treatment project implementation has remained at a standstill.

The 15th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (AMME 15) and related meetings concluded in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on October 9 and released a joint statement.

Rising sea levels and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta are becoming alarming, said Prof. David Dapice, Senior Economist, Vietnam and Myanmar Programme, Harvard Kennedy School, at a meeting with leaders of Can Tho city on October 8.

Authorities of the southern central province of Binh Dinh have turned down the proposal by the Vietnam Maritime Administration to dump up to 300,000 cubic metres off the coast of Quy Nhon City.

More than 1,500 people have worked to clean beaches in the southern city of Vung Tau where are battling with a vast amount of litter.

Five more dead elephants have been found at the bottom of a Thai waterfall known as "Hell's Abyss", the environment minister said Wednesday, as rangers reinforced barriers to try to stop the creatures wandering into the dangerous area.

Scientists have found three items of rhino fossil dating back between 30,000 and 50,000 years at a cave of the central province of Quang Binh’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.

A 1 km-long severely polluted stream is directly discharging waste water from a coal mine into Ha Long Bay.

Authorities in Hoi An are seeking measures to deal with the rising amount of waste.

The Institute of Geophysics at the Ministry of Science and Technology has successfully built a modern warning and monitoring system to collect input data for forecasting heavy rain and flooding in Hanoi.

A project funded by the Norwegian Government made debut at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on October 4, aiming to help Vietnam turn plastic wastes from the oceans into chances in a circular economy.

Dao Dang Cong Trung fell in love with the beauty of Son Tra Peninsula and has been cleaning up the beaches and sea since 2010.

The detoxification work at Rang Dong Light Source & Vacuum Flask JSC in Hanoi is slated to be completed within the next five days.

An awards ceremony for a photo contest on encouraging the youth to take action on climate change was held in Hanoi on October 3.

People in Hanoi are buying expensive masks to protect themselves from serious air pollution.

Hanoi has taken a range of measures to cope up with the severe air pollution which has worried the public, said an official from the municipal people’s committee.

Post-harvest straw burning at Hanoi’s suburban areas has worsened the air pollution in the city which has reached alarming levels in recent days.

Air pollution in the capital city of Hanoi has risen to serious levels over the past two days.