Environment

The severe hot spell which is hitting the north and central regions may last until June 13.

A recent tiger attack in Binh Duong Province has raised questions over regulations and criteria for tiger keeping in the area.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasised the need to take practical and concrete measures to control and reduce plastic waste while launching a national campaign on plastic waste prevention in Hanoi on June 9.

Rampant dumping is threatening the environment in the Red River in Hanoi while local authorities have failed to curb the problems.

A campaign to promote the fight against plastic waste and release of aquatic species to the nature was launched in Phu Quoc island district of the southern province of Kien Giang on June 8.

The noxious air hanging over India's towns and cities kills more than 100,000 children under five every year, a damning study published Wednesday for World Environment Day found.

Outlying districts in Hanoi have been badly affected by burning rice straw.

On a raft floating off Hong Kong's rural eastern coastline former investment banker turned scientist Yan Wa-tat patiently scrapes barnacles off some 2,000 oysters -– a tiresome but crucial part of his mission to bring back pearl farming.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in coordination with photographer Nguyen Viet Hung, or Lekima Hung, organised a photo exhibition on plastic waste in Hanoi on June 4.

In its fourth event on a national scale, the "Let's clean the sea" campaign 2019 will last until August 31, targeting to set up 400 different venues with regular sea cleaning activities and attract the participation of roughly 100,000 people.

Outlying districts in Hanoi have been badly affected by burning rice straw.

Temperatures in an Indian desert city hit 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) for the second time in three days as a deadly heatwave maintained its grip on the country.

A man has just been arrested for leading a group of people who poisoned over 10 hectares of pine forest in the central highlands province of Lam Dong.

Litter classification was introduced in November last year but has proved ineffective.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu held a ceremony on June 1 to launch Vietnam Sea and Island Week and Action Month for the Environment in response to World Oceans

The central city of Hoi An is expanding a programme to reduce plastic waste after Cu Lao Cham Island became the first locality in the country plastic-free.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is calling for ideas to create a draft decree that establishes a system of regulations ensuring Việt Nam’s legal timber and wood products qualify for import and export.

Heavy rainfall is expected to continue in the northern region and the central province of Thanh Hoa over the weekend, the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecast Centre has warned.

Hanoi Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung has just asked for a thorough check over the purchase, usage and effectiveness of the Redoxy3C substance which has been used to treat polluted water at 87 lakes in the area.