Environment

The northern province of Ninh Binh has moved to reduce the use of plastic bags as part of its efforts to protect the environment.

Residents in the central city of Danang have strongly continued fighting against the operation of a local dumping site which has caused severe pollution for years.

People in the northern province of Yen Bai flocked to a local mountain to search for gemstones which can be sold at billions of VND each.

Bai Tu Long bay in Cam Pha City, Quang Ninh Province, is under serious threats by the coal mines and ports which discharge waste directly into the environment.

Mount Fansipan in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai, the highest mountain in Indochina, is actually four metres higher than previously thought, standing at 3,147.3 metres above sea level.

A western low-pressure area and the southwest wind will bring a new heat wave to the northern and central region, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Four to five storms are forecast to hit Vietnam’s mainland in 2019, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Metrological Forecasting.

Rubbish has piled up in many districts in Hanoi after people living near Nam Son Dumping site protested against the site’s activities.

A tropical depression has turned into storm Mun on July 2, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Authorities in Dak Lak Province have released two elephants which were used in the tourism industry.

Six Vietnamese nationals, who were detained in South Africa in 2018 for violating the country’s biodiversity act on protection of threatened species, left the country for home on June 30 after performing their obligations to the court’s rulings.

Whaling ships set sail Monday on the first commercial hunts in decades, as Japan brushed aside global outrage over its decision to resume what conservationists say is a cruel and outdated practice.

The capital city of Hanoi wants to be rid of all plastic and nylon bags in traditional markets by next year.

Europe was bracing itself for a sweltering Saturday as the heatwave continued across the continent.

A USD800-million project to build a wastewater treatment plant and wastewater collecting drain system for Hanoi’s major rivers, including To Lich River, is at a standstill.

The on-going hot spell which is ravaging the central region has set some new records.

The prolonged heat wave and severe drought in Quang Tri and other central provinces has badly affected local people.

Hanoi’s total water supply capacity is sufficient to meet the demand of the capital city’s residents during summer, said Secretary Hoang Trung Hai at a meeting on June 27.

Malaysian customs officers arrested two Indian men attempting to smuggle over 5,000 terrapins through the country to be sold as pets, officials said Wednesday.