Environment

The people in Hai Duong Province's Cam Giang District are expressing concerns over pollution problems after local authorities approved a waste-to-electricity project in the area.

A Thai tycoon accused of poaching a black leopard at a wildlife sanctuary arrived in court Tuesday for the highly anticipated verdict -- a case that has fuelled outrage in a country fed up with impunity and corruption.

A starving whale with 40 kilos (88 pounds) of plastic trash in its stomach has died after being washed ashore in the Philippines, activists said Monday, calling it one of the worst cases of poisoning they have seen.

More than 1,000 volunteers are participating in the Earth Hour campaign with the theme “Connect to Earth”, which was kicked off on yesterday at the Youth Cultural House in District 1 in HCM City.

Vietnam Rivers Network is launching a campaign to search for untouched rivers all over the country to call on policy makers, investors of development projects and the community to protect rivers.

A young man in the central city of Danang and his cousin have joined the global Challenge for Change movement to collect litter at Son Tra Peninsular.

Dozens of false ebony trees have been destroyed in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Forest only a kilometre away from Con Roang border guard station.

South Korea's parliament passed emergency measures on Wednesday to tackle the "social disaster" of air pollution, after the country saw record levels of pollution earlier this month.

A new sand bar has recently appeared near Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An Town.

A new cold spell will hit the northern region from March 14.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on March 12 conducted a field trip to inspect the progress of the flood prevention project in the city.

Hanoi stood second in Southeast Asia in terms of air pollution just behind Jakarta, according to a 2018 World Air Quality Report jointly conducted by Greenpeace and IQAir AirVisual.

Thua Thien-Hue Province will fund 430 flood-proof houses for the people in flood-prone areas from 2019 to 2020.

Four Paws, an international animal welfare organisation, co-operated with authorities of the southern province of Binh Duong rescued two Tibetan bears.

A campaign to respond to the Earth Hour was launched in Hanoi on March 10, conveying the message of “saving energy, protecting earth”.

A campaign named “Day to clean plastic waste 2019” was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on March 9 to raise public awareness and call for practical actions to protect the environment.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam has just released an updated draft on encouraging development of solar power projects in Vietnam.

Scientists have found over a dozen Guar or Indian Bison in the central province of Quang Binh at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park through photographic traps.

A large area of forest in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has been burnt down for farming.