Environment

Authorities in Hanoi have warned local people that tap water in some districts including Ha Dong, Thanh Xuan, and Hoang Mai is contaminated with styrene, a carcinogenic substance.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has asked local authorities in Hoa Binh to find the truck discharging oil and contaminating the Da River which is believed to be the cause of polluted tap water in Hanoi.

Around 200 volunteers including representatives from the European Union Delegation, EU Member States and youth in Hanoi joined a clean-up event at Red River and Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi on Saturday.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked local authorities in Dak Nong Province to report on an incident in which large amounts of pine forest on lucrative land plots were poisoned.

New cleaning machines are being blamed for Hanoi's air pollution after the local authorities stopped watering the streets three years ago.

The southern province of Hau Giang is battling with waste disposal as existing landfills are overloaded, while its waste treatment project implementation has remained at a standstill.

The 15th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (AMME 15) and related meetings concluded in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on October 9 and released a joint statement.

Rising sea levels and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta are becoming alarming, said Prof. David Dapice, Senior Economist, Vietnam and Myanmar Programme, Harvard Kennedy School, at a meeting with leaders of Can Tho city on October 8.

Authorities of the southern central province of Binh Dinh have turned down the proposal by the Vietnam Maritime Administration to dump up to 300,000 cubic metres off the coast of Quy Nhon City.

More than 1,500 people have worked to clean beaches in the southern city of Vung Tau where are battling with a vast amount of litter.

Five more dead elephants have been found at the bottom of a Thai waterfall known as "Hell's Abyss", the environment minister said Wednesday, as rangers reinforced barriers to try to stop the creatures wandering into the dangerous area.

Scientists have found three items of rhino fossil dating back between 30,000 and 50,000 years at a cave of the central province of Quang Binh’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.

A 1 km-long severely polluted stream is directly discharging waste water from a coal mine into Ha Long Bay.

Authorities in Hoi An are seeking measures to deal with the rising amount of waste.

The Institute of Geophysics at the Ministry of Science and Technology has successfully built a modern warning and monitoring system to collect input data for forecasting heavy rain and flooding in Hanoi.

A project funded by the Norwegian Government made debut at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on October 4, aiming to help Vietnam turn plastic wastes from the oceans into chances in a circular economy.

Dao Dang Cong Trung fell in love with the beauty of Son Tra Peninsula and has been cleaning up the beaches and sea since 2010.

The detoxification work at Rang Dong Light Source & Vacuum Flask JSC in Hanoi is slated to be completed within the next five days.

An awards ceremony for a photo contest on encouraging the youth to take action on climate change was held in Hanoi on October 3.