Environment

More than 6,000 households living in landslide-prone areas in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap need to be relocated, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Vo Thanh Ngoan has stated.

The coastal path in Hau Loc District is the most polluted area in Thanh Hoa Province as it has become an illegal dumping site.

For more than a year after being moved to a Jordanian wildlife reserve from war-hit Syria, two bears, Loz and Sukkar, would cower whenever planes flew by, traumatised by past bombardments.

Police in Dong Nai Province are investigating the mass death of over 300 tonnes of fish in the La Nga River following rain.

North Korea is experiencing its worst drought in over a century, official media reported Friday, days after the World Food Programme expressed "very serious concerns" about the situation in the country.

Hanoi has used Japanese bio-nanotechnology in cleaning the polluted To Lich River.

A rare Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin has been caught by fishermen in Ben Tre Province.

A new heatwave has hit Vietnam’s northern region with temperatures in some places forecast to reach nearly 40C, according to the national weather service.

The Forest Protection Department in Bac Tra My District, Quang Nam Province, confirmed that they had seized seven turtles at a coffee shop in the area, including three rare specimens.

Authorities on Phu Quoc Island are seeking ways to save rivers and canals which are dying from pollution.

An environmental protection programme will be carried out in 2019 to help improve plastic consumption habits.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has urged local authorities in Thanh Hoa Province to investigate into the killing of a rare fish for sale.

The national week for natural disaster prevention and control 2019 was officially launched in the northern port city of Hai Phong on May 14.

A local sugarcane factory in Hau Giang Province has been identified as the main cause of the severe water pollution in the area.

“A 2 degree temperature rise – likely if we do not scale back carbon emissions urgently - would flood 40% of the Mekong delta and destroy 30 million livelihoods”, said UK Foreign Secretary's Special Representative for Climate Change.

Bamboo garbage bins in the shape of giant Goby fish have been placed along Da Nang’s long stretch of beach in an initiative by a group of foreigners living and working in the central city.

Vietnam has destroyed over 1.2 million pigs while the African swine fever is still spreading according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

A herd of endangered deer wait under the shade of one of the sparse trees in this parched central Myanmar landscape, watching as rangers dispatch drinking water -- a life-saving resource funded by wellwishers across the country.

Boasting some of the best beaches in Vietnam, Nha Trang, Danang and Phu Quoc are now under threat of pollution from wastewater following fast tourism growth.