Environment

Up to 755 tonnes of fish raised in cages on Dong Nai River have been found dead, leaving local families with huge losses.

Vietnam is diversifying energy sources with a primary focus on clean and renewable energy sources, aiming to increase their share in the total primary energy supply to about 20% by 2030 and 30% by 2045.

The Asian Development Bank has announced it is elevating its ambition to deliver climate financing to its developing member countries to USD 100 billion from 2019-2030.

Another tropical typhoon with international name Kompasu is moving closer to the East Sea on the morning of October 11, bringing heavy rains to many areas of North East Sea, according to the National Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting.

Deputy Prime Minister and head of the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control Le Van Thanh has asked relevant agencies and localities to keep up caution and prepare for an upcoming storm.

The Storm Lionrock tropical depression has strengthened into a storm that is forecasted to hit some central coastal provinces of Vietnam with heavy rain and squalls.

The Vietnamese Government has set a goal to raise the rate of solid waste collected and safely treated to 100 percent in 2050 as part of the freshly approved national strategy on green growth for 2021-2030 with a vision

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has recently launched a communication campaign which calls on people to reduce ocean plastic waste.

Many areas in the Mekong Delta region are facing threats of saline intrusion as the dry season is forecasted to arrive earlier this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The ultraviolet (UV) index in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and other southern localities is at a 'very high' level today, according to reports by the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHF).

Vietnam will strive to plant an additional 20,000 hectares of forest, including 9,800 hectares of mangrove forest and 10,200 hectares of forest for shielding from winds in the 2021-2030 period.

A webinar held on September 30 in the central city of Da Nang to seek ways to put an end to wildlife trafficking and consumption saw over 100 delegates gather together, including local officials, along with both domestic and

Many areas in the central province of Nghe An have been deeply submerged following torrential rains, causing major damage.

Due to the adverse impacts of climate change, green growth financing projects play a very important role for the sustainable development of Vietnam, experts have said.

Many areas in the central Quang Ngai Province have been flooded with houses damaged after a rainstorm on September 23.

Wild bird hunting has been rampant in the central province of Ha Tinh’s Loc Ha and Nghi Xuan districts despite great efforts by the local authorities.

A tropical low depression is likely to strengthen into a storm and strike Vietnam’s central coastal localities in the next two days, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

Two firms in Thanh Hoa Province have been fined for releasing untreated wastewater into a local river which has caused mass fish deaths.

Ho Chi Minh City’s master plan calls for the city to be developed into the nation’s largest economic hub for tourism, industrial services and high-tech agriculture by 2040, with a focus on climate change adaptation.