Environment

Many areas of Ly Son-Sa Huynh Geo-Park in the central province of Quang Ngai have been significantly affected by illegal construction activities, while the province is seeking UNESCO recognition for the site.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 23 issued Directive 29/CT-TTg on urgent measures to tighten the management of wildlife.

Rivers in northern provinces are severely polluted, according to the Vietnam Environment Administration's report released recently.

Dozens of households in An Giang Province are being threatened by erosion along the Hau River.

Quang Ninh Province has reported record water shortages in major lakes and reservoirs in Co To Island and Yen Lap, the largest reservoir in Quang Ninh.

Five people have been killed and two others injured in the worst flooding in nearly 60 years in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

A group of 500 grey-shanked douc langurs and 100 northern buffed-cheeked gibbons have been discovered in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.

More than 10,000 people in a mountainous district in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have been in dire need of drinking water for months due to long drought.

Many areas in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang City have been deeply submerged by heavy rains on Tuesday morning.

The long heat wave in the northern region will end on July 20 as rains and rainstorms spread until July 22.

A dumping ground in Hanoi’s outlying district of Soc Son which was blocked by local residents protesting against low compensation has been reopened following a meeting with municipal authorities.

Many streets in Hanoi have been filled with rubbish as residents living near a dumping site in Soc Son District are stopping trucks from entering the waste treatment complex.

Twin red-ruffed lemurs have been born at Singapore zoo, officials said Thursday, a rare double delivery that is a boost for the endangered saucer-eyed primates.

Rubbish has piled up on Hanoi streets after local people living near a local dumping site gathered to block trucks from entering the waste treatment complex.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in cooperation with the Cu Lao Cham - Hoi An World Biosphere Reserve officially launched in Hanoi on July 14 a call for Youth Innovative Ideas for an Ocean without Plastic.

Sơn Trà Nature Reserve is known as the “green lung” of Đà Nẵng City with a diverse eco-system and thousands of flora and fauna species.

Conservationists have warned a sudden change in Myanmar's law allowing the commercial farming of tigers, pangolins and other endangered species risks further fuelling demand in China for rare wildlife products.

Floods across central and eastern China have left more than 140 people dead or missing and are swelling major rivers and lakes to record-high levels, with authorities warning that the worst was yet to come.

An award ceremony for a children’s contest on bear protection was held on July 10 at Phung Thuong Elementary School in Hanoi’s Phuc Tho District.