Environment

Lam Dong police have just arrested another accomplice in a group of men who are accused of destroying over 10 hectares of forest.

Japan has joined Britain in pledging to become carbon neutral later this century, as the world races to prevent catastrophic climate change, but critics blasted Tokyo's plan as unambitious.

Carbon Tracker has released its latest report entitled “Here comes the sun (and wind)”, containing the findings of a coal power economic analysis for Vietnam to understand the potential for asset stranding and the relative competitiveness of renewable energy.

Podiums at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be made from plastic waste donated by local residents or collected from the sea, organisers said Tuesday, as part of a sustainability push.

The severe hot spell which is hitting the north and central regions may last until June 13.

A recent tiger attack in Binh Duong Province has raised questions over regulations and criteria for tiger keeping in the area.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasised the need to take practical and concrete measures to control and reduce plastic waste while launching a national campaign on plastic waste prevention in Hanoi on June 9.

Rampant dumping is threatening the environment in the Red River in Hanoi while local authorities have failed to curb the problems.

A campaign to promote the fight against plastic waste and release of aquatic species to the nature was launched in Phu Quoc island district of the southern province of Kien Giang on June 8.

The noxious air hanging over India's towns and cities kills more than 100,000 children under five every year, a damning study published Wednesday for World Environment Day found.

Outlying districts in Hanoi have been badly affected by burning rice straw.

On a raft floating off Hong Kong's rural eastern coastline former investment banker turned scientist Yan Wa-tat patiently scrapes barnacles off some 2,000 oysters -– a tiresome but crucial part of his mission to bring back pearl farming.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in coordination with photographer Nguyen Viet Hung, or Lekima Hung, organised a photo exhibition on plastic waste in Hanoi on June 4.

In its fourth event on a national scale, the "Let's clean the sea" campaign 2019 will last until August 31, targeting to set up 400 different venues with regular sea cleaning activities and attract the participation of roughly 100,000 people.

Outlying districts in Hanoi have been badly affected by burning rice straw.

Temperatures in an Indian desert city hit 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) for the second time in three days as a deadly heatwave maintained its grip on the country.

A man has just been arrested for leading a group of people who poisoned over 10 hectares of pine forest in the central highlands province of Lam Dong.

Litter classification was introduced in November last year but has proved ineffective.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu held a ceremony on June 1 to launch Vietnam Sea and Island Week and Action Month for the Environment in response to World Oceans