Environment

The total economic potential of ground-mounted solar projects in Vietnam is at least seven gigawatts under present market conditions, much higher than the national solar target of 0.8GW by 2020, according to experts.

Rapid development of resorts, hotels and entertainment projects in the Lý Sơn Island off the central coastal province of Quảng Ngãi threaten to seriously damage the ancient geography of the area related to volcanic eruptions 25 to 30 million

As environmental disputes, especially between citizens and businesses, are on the rise it’s important to ensure better environmental justice as well as people’s access to information and participation in decision-making in environmental matters that affect them.

Japan is considering upgrading its ageing lead whaling ship, a fisheries official confirmed Wednesday, in a sign that the country's controversial Antarctic hunts will continue despite international protests.

Sixteen international and non-governmental organisations working for wildlife conservation in Vietnam signed a joint letter urging strict punishment for Nguyễn Mậu Chiến and his accomplies for transnational wildlife trafficking.

Quang Tri province has signed an agreement with the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) under which the latter will continue to assist the local government with clearing unexploded ordnance (UXO) over the next three years.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang is being helped to produce a detailed and workable draft plan to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

U.S. researchers have found that climate change resulting from more carbon dioxide emissions increases flower blooms in a tropical forest in Panama, according to a new study.

Sao Bien Beach in the central city of Danang’s Ngu Hanh Son District faces serious erosion.

Police in northern Quảng Ninh Province on Thursday started legal proceedings against a man arrested for trafficking endangered species.

Facebook has emerged as the top site for wildlife trafficking in the Philippines, a watchdog said Friday, with thousands of endangered crocodiles, snakes and turtles illegally traded in just three months.

Farmers in Ninh Thuan Province are complaining about being attacked by wild monkeys who are also destroying their vineyards.

China's air quality improved across the country in 2017, the environmental protection ministry said Thursday, after the problem was so dire in previous years that some periods were dubbed an "airpocalypse".

Localities in the Central Highlands are working to promote sustainable forest management and certification of forests.

Chinese ships scrambled Monday to clean up a massive oil spill after an Iranian tanker sank off China, raising fears of devastating damage to marine life.

For centuries, residents in Phúc Sơn Commune, central province of Nghệ An have lived comfortably with wild elephants, but as bamboo forests - the main diet of many elephants - are replaced with industrial trees, things are changing.

Ha Nam Province irrigation channel A48 in has been bubbled with thick, white foam for 10 years and the situation is worsening.

While the Vietnamese Government considers the response to climate change a vital issue, the country needs to further adapt its economy towards a more sustainable and eco-friendly growth model, the IMF wrote in its latest report.

About two teachers and 21 pupils at a secondary school in Hai Phong City fainted and had to be hospitalised after inhaling toxic gas from the local steel factory.