Environment

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has called for a range of measures to ease the current severe air pollution.

Police in Vinh Phuc Province are investigating thousands of pine trees in Tam Dao National Park which have been exploited for resin for a long time.

The Quang Tri Province People's Committee have urged the local Department of Customs to quickly release the wild animals which are dying after being kept for half a month here.

Vietnam Electricity Group has denied the accusation that severe air pollution in Hanoi is mainly affected by its thermal power plants.

Tens of thousands of people in Hanoi have been hit by the severe pollution of a local river for many years.

The Ministerial Meeting of Lancang-Mekong Water Resources Cooperation took place in Beijing on December 17, with the participation of six countries, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

Up to five kilometres of a beach in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have been eroded, forcing many local households to be evacuated.

A programme encouraging young people to join hands to protect primates in Vietnam was launched in Hanoi on December 15.

The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment has proposed local authorities to raise the frequency of air monitoring.

Vietnam and the Czech Republic will enhance environmental collaboration under an action plan for cooperation during 2020-2025 signed between Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha and his Czech counterpart Richard Brabec in Prague on December 13.

Hanoi’s air pollution has continued worsening, ranking among the worst cities in the world for air pollution.

Indonesia's little-known glaciers are melting so fast they could disappear in a decade, a new study says, underscoring the imminent threat posed by climate change to ice sheets in tropical countries.

Scientists said Wednesday they have come up with an environmentally-friendly method that uses artificial sunlight to transform plastic into power-generating chemicals, as countries worldwide battle to reduce waste.

ASEAN-member countries have vowed to take immediate action to resolve problems caused by worsening drought in Southeast Asia, especially in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, which is especially susceptible to global warming.

Air quality in Hanoi worsened this morning, November 11, as the northern region has had dry weather over recent days.

Officials of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho had a working session with representatives from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on December 9 to discuss a project to reduce domestic waste in Can Tho in the coming time.

U Minh Thuong National Park in Kien Giang Province still has its own unique beauty and is home to thousands of animals.

First phase of metro city project in HCMC to be completed by Q3 2021.

Hanoi's Department of Natural Resources and Environment has outlined a plan to reduce air pollution in 2020.