Environment

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has approved the dumping of 14.3 million cubic metres of mud off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

An illegal tourism site has been built on forested land by the son of an environment official in Quang Nam Province.

Seals and whales in the Arctic are shifting their feeding patterns as climate change alters their habitats, and the way they do so may determine whether they survive, a new study has found.

A photo by Luong Thanh Hai of Vietnam’s meteorological and hydrological agency has won the first prize at a photo competition of the Typhoon Committee (TC).

Dai Nam Group wants to invest VND10 trillion (USD434.7 million) into waste treatment projects in the central city of Danang.

Environmental organisation Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) has introduced a short public awareness film about tiger protection.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has allowed the dumping of 15 million cubic metres of sand and mud into waters off Quang Ngai.

Smugglers were arrested in Malaysia on Wednesday with some 3,300 endangered turtles aboard their boat, officials said, as the country battles to clamp down on the burgeoning illicit wildlife trade.

Thousands of households in Quang Binh Province are complaining about having to use contaminated water.

The seawall at Luong Beach near Hoi An Town in the central province of Quang Nam has been covered by piles of rubbish.

A high risk of drought and water scarcity has been warned for the south central and Central Highlands regions of Vietnam from March to May this year.

Hanoi will respond to the 2019 Earth Hour with a series of activities which begin on March 9 and culminate in an event from 20:00 to 21:30 on March 30 at the Cach Mang Thang Tam Square in the

Authorities in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province will spend over VND35.5bn (USD1.5m) to move 70,000 tonnes of rubbish from Con Dao Island to the mainland for treatment.

Thailand and Laos have launched an annual campaign to prevent and address forest fire between both countries.

The recent abnormal weather conditions have indicated that natural disasters will be unpredictable in the time ahead, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Trang An in the northern province of Ninh Binh has been covered by rubbish during the on-going festival season.

Local authorities in the Mekong Delta have warned about forest fires during the dry season as temperatures in the last two days reached 34 degrees without any rain.

Crowds have been rushing to Yen Tu in the northern province of Quang Ninh after Tet holiday, leaving huge amounts of litter.

A beach spanning nearly 4 kilometres in Danang City has been seriously polluted with the water turned into black colour for days.