Environment

The northern province of Ninh Binh’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued a document to ask for stricter control over wild animal protection, particularly bird species.

The Indian government has funded a total USD350,000 for four provinces in the Mekong Delta region to respond to saline instruction.

Authorities in Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province, have decided to close the Cam Ly dumping site due to the serious pollution.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked ministries, sectors and 28 coastal localities to focus on implementing directions and guidelines relating to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing prevention, thus effectively realising European Council’s recommendations in the field.

A cold spell is moving southward and will affect the northern region tonight, September 22, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Around 70 whales are stranded in a bay on the Australian island of Tasmania, officials said Monday, with marine experts now mobilising to see if a rescue is possible.

District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City is trying to tackle the scourge of plastic waste by offering rice to residents in return for their trash.

Approximately 1,100 containers of waste at Cat Lai Port in Ho Chi Minh City will be re-exported after failing to meet Vietnam’s import requirements, the Customs Department of Ho Chi Minh City said.

The authorities in Hoi An have reinforced heritage sites and called for the locals to reinforce their houses before Storm Noul.

The central region has planned to evacuate over 1 million people as Storm Noul is forecasted to speed towards Vietnam on September 18.

Plastic waste can take up to hundreds of years to decompose, creating an increasing burden on landfills, particularly when the sites run out of space to bury garbage.

The Japan-Vietnam Environment Company has proposed to upgrade the To Lich River in Hanoi into a park with investment from Japan.

A tropical depression in the East Sea/South China Sea has strengthened into a tropical storm, known as Noul, becoming the fifth storm to affect Vietnam in 2020, according to the national weather service.

A pine forest in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has died after being poisoned.

A Taiwan bird protection group said Tuesday it has been kicked out of BirdLife International -- a global conservation partnership -- after refusing to sign a statement saying it would never advocate for the island's independence from China.

Two tourist boats have been fined VND8 million (USD347.82) for throwing votive papers into the Huong River in the central province of Thua Thien Hue.

The central province of Quang Ngai has started a campaign to reduce the use of disposable plastic products at local tourism sites.

A huge amount of fish has been found dead on a river in the northern province of Ha Nam due to serious pollution.

The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has declared an emergency following repeated erosion along a canal bank in Long Xuyen city’s My Thanh ward.