Environment

In response to the ongoing drought and saltwater intrusion which impacts large parts of the Mekong Delta in southwestern Vietnam, the European Union is providing €60,000 (roughly 1.5 billion VND) in humanitarian funding to assist the most affected populations.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has appealed for an end to the wildlife trade and consumption across the Asia-Pacific region amid the ongoing spread of COVID-19 and similar diseases in recent years.

A waste treatment facility in Thua Thien-Hue Province has shown signs of deterioration despite the construction work yet to be finished.

Heavy rains have been forecasted for mountainous areas in the north from tonight and more rains for the northern region on March 3.

The Mekong Delta region is facing the high risk of forest fires due to hot weather and drought.

Households who discharge more waste will have to pay more according to an amended Law on Environmental Protection.

The southern province of Ca Mau is seeking help from experts to solve drought and saline intrusion problems.

A VND36.5 billion (USD1.58 million) project to dredge Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal in HCM City will be started later this week.

Nearly 90 percent of the 200 cities beset by the world's highest levels of deadly micro-pollution are in China and India, with most of the rest in Pakistan and Indonesia, researchers reported Tuesday.

Vietnam expects to have some 1,000 houses integrated with sustainable energy solutions by the end of this year under an initiative by the Vietnam Coalition for Climate Action (VCCA).

Nhue River in Hanoi has become more polluted due to rubbish.

The farmers in Binh Thuan Province are facing dropping river water levels and imminent drought.

More than 100 people have helped collect rubbish on a beach in the southern central province of Ninh Thuan.

Nearly 900,000 pangolins are believed to have been trafficked across Southeast Asia in the past two decades, a wildlife watchdog said Thursday, highlighting the challenge in tackling the illicit trade.

A man in Dak Nong Province is facing a fine of VND315m (USD13,600) after catching and selling an endangered pangolin.

Over 20,000 households in Ca Mau are being threatened by erosion along with drought and saline intrusion.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build public private collaboration towards circular economy in plastic waste management was signed in Hanoi on February 19.

Australia's "black summer" of devastating bushfires is finally coming to a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-fuelled disasters are raging on.

Local people at Bac Kan Province's Cho Don District are complaining about serious pollution caused by a dumping site including swarming flies.