Environment

Japanese popular singer Ueno Yuuka, who was appointed the Goodwill Ambassador for the 16th annual Hội An-Japan Cultural Exchange, will join environmental protection activities in Cẩm Thanh commune as part of the annual event on August 17-19.

The Quảng Trạch thermoelectricity plant, a project of Electricity of Vietnam in the central province of Quảng Bình, is seeking final agreement from governmental agencies to dump 2.5 million cubic metres of waste mud into the local sea area.

A family in the northern province of Thai Nguyen has transferred two bears to Ninh Binh Bear Sanctuary.

The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and the National Committee for Disaster Response, Search and Rescue issued an official dispatch in response to storm Bebinca, the fourth of its kind hitting the country this year.

The number of sea turtles coming to inland areas in Núi Chúa National Park in the south-central province of Ninh Thuận has decreased, according to the national park management board.

The water levels in the Mekong River’s upstream are increasing, the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting said.

HCM City People's Committee has just held a conference to call for investment into anti-flooding and wastewater treatment projects.

The central province of Quang Nam has planned to buy forest land from local people to increase the protection of endangered gray-shanked douc langurs.

Several beaches in the central city of Da Nang have turned black after a heavy rain on Thursday.

A strong aftershock struck Indonesia's Lombok on Thursday, causing panic among evacuees sheltering after a devastating earthquake killed more than 160 on the holiday island four days earlier.

The investor in a real estate project in the central city of Danang was recently found to have directly discharged wastewater onto a local beach.

Around 3,000 residents at Tan Tan Do residential area in Hanoi have been using water with the high arsenic concentration for years, putting them at risk of cancer.

A powerful typhoon was churning towards Japan on Wednesday, prompting the weather agency to warn of heavy rain and strong winds and forcing airlines to cancel scores of flights.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 7 chaired the first session of the National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) and Toxic Chemical Consequences (Committee 701).

Lax management in the Central Highlands has led to years of illegal occupation of forested land.

The authorities in Son La Province revoked three licenses issued to the Tay Bac Minerals Investment JSC for mining and processing minerals because of pollution.

A residential area in Hanoi’s suburbs has been totally isolated by flood water for around two weeks.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has supported the relocation of a textile factory in Hanoi city centre over environmental concerns.

More than 1,000 people are expected to join a campaign to clean Quy Nhon City beaches in Binh Dinh Province.