Environment

Urban railways are a way to cut carbon emissions in big cities like Hà Nội and HCM City, according to experts from the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA).

Heavily pregnant Rachel Gokavi spends most days shut away in her New Delhi home, desperate to shield her unborn child from the toxic air blamed for soaring miscarriage rates and infant deaths.

Hanoi had the highest PM2.5 air pollution index in October, while the central city of Hue was ranked the lowest in the list.

Air quality monitoring systems in Hanoi have shown an alarming readings since the morning of November 6.

Denmark pledges to strengthen and expand cooperation with Vietnam in the field of energy in the coming time, said Morten Baek, Permanent Secretary at the Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate, at a press conference in Hanoi November 5.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment held a meeting in Hanoi on November 4 to report on the preparation of an international conference on sustainable marine economic development and climate change adaptation.

The United States on Monday formally notified the United Nations that it was withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, making the world's largest economy the sole outlier from the agreement.

Hanoi authorities have taken more drastic actions to end the use of beehive-shaped coal stoves by 2020 as part of measures to improve air quality and living conditions.

HCM City People's Committee has asked related agencies to focus on dealing with canal and channel pollution and encroachment in the area.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha has visited the site and checked the water treatment project at the To Lich River.

Storm Matmo is forecasted to hit Quang Ngai and Ninh Thuan provinces on October 30 afternoon.

Hanoi authorities have issued a plan to prevent and limit the use of plastic bags to 2020, with a view to 2025.

Many areas in HCM City will be flooded due to high tide on October 28-29.

More than half of the Mekong Delta will disappear under sea level in the next two generations if no action is taken now, research has found.

Firefighters on Friday battled several wildfires raging across California that destroyed homes and forced evacuations, as more than 18 million people were under a red flag warning in the southern part of the state.

Song Da Water Investment JSC in Hanoi has apologised for the recent oil contamination of the tap water and pledged the free water supply for affected people for one month.

HCM City is now home to around 37 eroded sites along rivers and canals, including 19 that have been classified as very dangerous, according to the municipal Department of Transport.

The Vietnamese Government has engaged in various international commitments to enhance management and preserve vulnerable and endangered marine turtles, said Director General of the Directorate of Fisheries Tran Dinh Luan on October 21.

A forest in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has been destroyed for months, but the local authorities claimed they did not know anything about the incident.