Environment

The northern and central regions will expect rains at night from June 27, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has designated the coastal wetland in Thai Thuy District in the northern province of Thai Binh as a nature reserve.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment will promote adaptation to climate change in the Mekong Delta, the central coastal and northern mountainous regions.

A wetland nature reserve was recently established in Thai Thuy district in northern Thai Binh province.

Central Highlands localities need to raise the responsibility among forest owners and management to improve protection and development of the areas.

Hundreds of hectares of land in the central province of Nghe An have been left unused because of drought.

Over 1km of beach in Tam Hai Island, Quang Nam Province, is completely covered in rubbish swept in by the tides.

Quang Ninh Province People's Committee was asked to investigate the case where many households accuse a local thermal plant of causing air pollution.

The Mekong Delta has experienced the most severe drought and saline intrusion ever in the dry season 2019-2020 but the negative impacts on agricultural production and daily life were minimised significantly thanks to effective measures, a top official has said.

The Central Highlands region will try to reach a target of restoring forest coverage rate of over 49 per cent by 2030.

Reserving a 2,600sq.m garden in Dong Na village in Cam Ha commune – a farming intensive suburban area of Hoi An – local farmers and businesses have joined hands to debut the first zero-waste agriculture and tourism zone in

Hundreds of households in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau are facing the high risk of being hit by landslides in the rainy season.

A large number of traps used for hunting wild animals on Son Tra Peninsular have been seized in the central city of Danang.

Monk Thich Hanh Nhan, head of Duc Lam Pagoda, in the central province of Quang Ngai and local people are building a house from plastic bottles to raise awareness about environment protection.

An endangered Asian elephant died on Friday after being electrocuted by a low-hanging high-voltage wire in southeastern Bangladesh, officials said.

A company in Hai Phong City has been found using wastewater from a local canal for bottled water production.

Vietnam may order schools to shut down on days when the air quality is poor, according to the draft law revising the 2014 Law on Environment Protection.

Projects to upgrade several canals linked to Tan Son Nhat International Airport remain delayed due to tardy site clearance and lack of investment, so the airport would continue facing flooding in the rainy season.

Young people across the country are encouraged to develop innovative and practical solutions for plastic waste management in the framework of the “Youth and Innovation for Ocean” campaign launched on Monday by UNESCO.