Environment

Due to the prolonged dry season, water levels at many reservoirs in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau are at or lower than dead water levels.

A 58-year-old woman in the central province of Quang Nam was sentenced by a provincial court on May 12 to five years in prison for illegal wildlife possession, according to Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV).

Air quality in Ho Chi Minh City is predicted to worsen as local construction projects and factories resume operations.

A large area of forest at the Ea So Natural Reserve in Dak Lak and Gia Lai provinces have been destroyed by illegal logging activities.

The central province of Quảng Nam has allocated a fund of VNĐ300 billion (US$13 million) to build an underwater dyke system protecting Cửa Đại Beach from erosion.

A severely-polluted canal in Hanoi has been transformed into a pedestrian path.

It has not gotten much attention with the world focused on coronavirus, but deforestation has surged in the Amazon rainforest this year, raising fears of a repeat of last year's record-breaking devastation -- or worse.

Illegal loggers in Phu Yen Province have destroyed a large area of the protective forest that spans Tay Hoa and Song Hinh districts.

A man in Da Lat City has been fined VND10 million (USD427) for killing two hoopoe birds at Tuyen Lam Lake on May 6.

As of early May, Hoa Binh Reservoir only has 813 million cubic metres of water and the power plant can only produce 150 million kWh.

The south-central province of Ninh Thuận is restructuring agriculture to adapt to droughts and secure stable incomes for farmers.

Vietnam is forecast to suffer the highest temperatures ever recorded in 2020, according to the latest report by the Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration.

Experts from the Việt Nam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources have found a unique complex of sedimentary rocks that were formed from eruptive volcanoes 12 million years ago on Phú Quý Island, off the coast of central south

Tails are already wagging as Priyanka Gusain stops her car, sacks of cattle fodder and dog pellets on her back seat and water in the boot for her evening rounds in Delhi.

Authorities in Dak Lak Province are planning to rescue an injured elephant that can't return to the wild.

Nearly 200 households in Binh Thuan Province have been isolated after a coastal road was washed away by strong waves.

The Prime Minister has sent an urgent dispatch to the authorities in the northern mountainous provinces and the North Central Coast, as well as related agencies, urging for immediate remedies to the consequences of natural disasters.

Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, head of the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations, has suggested further discussions to complete an institutional framework on climate change issues.

Hail and strong winds on Wednesday damaged houses, crops and infrastructure in northern provinces including Hà Giang, Lai Châu and Vĩnh Phúc.