Environment

Malaysia prepared to seed clouds after air quality in parts of the country reached unhealthy levels due to smog from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia, an official said Monday.

A powerful typhoon with potentially record winds and rain battered the Tokyo region early Monday, sparking evacuation warnings to tens of thousands, widespread blackouts and transport disruption.

The HCM CITY authority has turned landfills into public parks and recreational sports areas in some districts in the city.

Cu Lao Cham Island in the central city of Quang Nam has become overcrowded with tourists, further threatening its natural resources.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has proposed to raise the fines to 400 million VND (17,240 USD) for violations on environmental protection, biodiversity preservation and protection of natural ecosystems.

Vietnam and Japan are working together to set up a construction waste management system to control pollution.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has set up a team to save the Bac Hung Hai River from pollution.

The 5th Vietnam Green Architecture Award (2019-2020) has been launched by the Vietnam Association of Architects in Hanoi.

The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control has sent an emergency notice to the coastal cities and provinces from Quang Ninh to Khanh Hoa concerning a response to a newly formed tropical depression near the East Sea.

Governments around the world are grappling with how to tackle the scourge of single-use plastic, but for the people of Bangun trash equals cash.

Traders of E5 biofuel and biodegradable plastics bags are calling for government incentives to encourage the use of such products.

Hanoi experienced serious air pollution over the last few days.

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved the construction of three plants to generate electricity from waste using advanced technologies, and work on them will start in September and October, according to the city Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Two people were confirmed dead on Wednesday as heavy rains pounded southwest Japan, prompting flood and landslide warnings, and orders for 670,000 people to seek safety.

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has visited the southernmost province of Ca Mau to inspect landslide points along a sea dyke route in Tran Van Thoi district, which is at risk of breaking.

Authorities in southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province have agreed to burn domestic waste of Côn Đảo District instead of shipping it from the island to a landfill on the mainland.

President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday authorized the deployment of Brazil's armed forces to help combat fires raging in the Amazon rainforest, as a growing global outcry over the blazes sparks protests and threatens a huge trade deal.

An Indonesia man is walking backwards from his home in eastern Java to the capital Jakarta to raise awareness of deforestation in a country with one of the highest rates in the world.

The central city has asked management boards of two hydro-power plants of A Vương and Đắk Mi 4 to discharge at least 8.2 million cubic metres from reservoirs to save the city from a serious water shortage that has