Environment

Millions of people were being moved to safety as one of the fiercest cyclones in years barrelled towards India and Bangladesh on Tuesday, but with evacuation plans complicated by coronavirus precautions.

Authorities in Hanoi started construction on Monday on underground sewer systems for the To Lich and Lu rivers which have been seriously polluted by wastewater.

The management board of Lý Sơn Marine Protected Area has proposed a gene protection programme for five endangered sea creatures.

The People’s Court of the southernmost province of Ca Mau has sentenced a company director to 13 years in prison and a fine of 100 million VND (4,280 USD) for organising trafficking of rare and endangered wildlife.

Lakes, rivers and wells in the South Central Coast and Central Highlands are drying up, threatening the lives of thousands of households in Khanh Hoa, Binh Thuan and Gia Lai.

Localities have been urged to keep a close watch on the development of Storm Vongfong for active preventive measures.

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