Environment

Hanoi aims to reduce the use of plastic bags in the traditional markets, supermarkets and trade centres to protect the environment as well as ensure the sustainability of the ecosystem.

Six Vietnamese startups have won USD15,000 in prizes in the "Vietnam Challenge for Our Environment" project which was organised by the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, in partnership with Hatch! and Swiss EP.

Hundreds of wild birds have been sold at a temporary market by Thang Long Avenue in Hanoi.

The implementation of the "Upscale and Mainstream Green Office Lifestyles in Vietnam" initiative is likely to reach a 6% reduction of Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through changing people’s behaviour towards a green lifestyle and sustainable consumption.

A local company has destroyed 31 hectares of forestland for coal mining under the guise that they were building a cemetery in Quang Ninh Province.

U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink and Vietnam Ministry of National Defense's Vice Minister Nguyễn Chí Vịnh witnessed the signing of an agreement to hand over 13.7 hectares of remediated land at the Danang International Airport to the

Farmers in the central province of Nghe An are worried about wild elephants which have returned to find foods at their fields over the last couple of days.

Yogesh Kumar wheezes after life-saving surgery to remove a diseased lung, but his doctors wonder how long he can last outside hospital breathing some of the world's dirtiest air.

Many rare wild animals at Cu Chi Wildlife Rescue Station in Ho Chi Minh City have been found living in poor condition while the numbers are falling sharply.

Coastal embankments in Phan Rang-Thap Cham city in the south central province of Ninh Thuan have been damaged by high waves caused by the northeast monsoon.

A plan to create the world's largest marine sanctuary in Antarctic waters was shot down when a key conservation summit failed to reach a consensus, with environmentalists on Saturday decrying a lack of scientific foresight.

Humanity and the way we feed, fuel and finance our societies and economies is pushing nature and the services that power and sustain us to the brink, according to the WWF’s 2018 Living Planet Report.

Many buildings in Ho Chi Minh City are being tainted by graffiti while the local authorities struggle to deal with the situation.

A modern waste treatment plant has been built in Quang Trach district, central Quang Binh province with an investment capital of more than US$35 million.

Tri Nguyen Island in Nha Trang Bay is being littered with rubbish from households and boats.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha was grilled about serious pollution in Nhue and Day rivers at the National Assembly on October 30, the first day of Question-and-Answer at the NA’s on-going 6th session.

HCM City will reduce the number of waste depots in inner districts while increasing the number in the city’s outlying areas.

Quang Nam authorities discovered an inter-province wildlife trade ring and seized many animals on October 29.

Super typhoon Yutu, with wind speeds up to 200km per hour, was heading for the East Sea (South China Sea ) on Saturday morning, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting reported.