Environment

A large, very strong typhoon churned towards Japan Friday, with the weather agency warning the storm would rip through the nation over the weekend, bringing violent winds and torrential rain.

Animals Asia has saved one Tibetan bear which has been kept for 15 years at a farm in Lao Cai Province.

Many visitors to Son Tra Peninsular in the central city of Danang still feed monkeys despite warnings from authorities.

Three men accused of torturing and killing kangaroos are being hunted by police in Australia, just days after a man was arrested for intentionally mowing down emus in another high-profile animal cruelty case.

In a village in Vietnam's "elephant kingdom", a vendor holds up a severed, dried tail dotted with coarse hairs she promises will bring good luck -– a grim new trade that is endangering the country's few remaining elephants.

Hanoi authorities have vowed to punish and revoke the licence of firms which are polluting the environment.

Greenpeace activists Tuesday scaled storage tanks at an Indonesian palm oil refinery along with a popular rock band which played pro-environment songs, protesting against a commodity found in everything from soap to biscuits.

Quang Ninh is using a Japanese water treatment technology which was piloted in several localities in Vietnam last year and has proved effective.

The Vietnam Maritime Administration has ordered all seaport management agencies to quickly deal with the huge backlog of imported scrap containers across the country.

Vietnam will cooperate with Japan in reducing marine plastic waste, according to head of the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands (VASI) Ta Dinh Thi.

The National Assembly Standing Committee has approved environmental protection tax hike for oil and petroleum products from early next year.

Vietnam has recorded 35 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5-4.5 so far this year, according the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre under the Institute of Geophysics.

A wildlife trafficker has been sent to prison for 10 years by the People’s Court of Dien Bien district, the northwestern province of Dien Bien.

Rescuers were digging through a landslide that buried at least 10 homes and killed three people in the central Philippines Thursday, as monsoon rains unleashed more misery on the already-battered country.

Despite great efforts taken by Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities to fight flooding, many flood-control projects have been delayed by administrative procedures.

The National Museum of Nature on September 18 announced new details on a discovery of prehistoric corpses in the volcanic caves in Krong No, the central highlands province of Dak Nong.

In the context of the EU Climate Diplomacy Week, the Delegation of the European Union in Vietnam will host a series of activities aimed to raise public awareness on the urgent need, addressing climate change.

The management board of Phu Quoc Marine Park in the southern province of Kien Giang will release 12 rare turtles into the wild.

Construction of a 40.6MW solar power plant commenced in the Mekong Delta province of Long An on September 16.