Environment

HCM City towards clean energy solutions in smart city building

Experts and scientists have discussed how to promote the application of technological solutions to produce clean energy, and form communities using smart energy, towards making over Ho Chi Minh City as a smart city in a seminar on April 20.

Plastic waste – serious threat to environment

US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Mary Tarnowka has called for actions to improve public awareness of plastic waste as well as measures to reduce and recycle plastic waste.

U Minh Ha forest faces fire risk

Thousands of hectares of U Minh Ha cajuput forest in the southernmost province of Ca Mau are facing the high risk of fire due to long drought.

Norway continues help with clearing bombs and mines in Quang Tri

Nearly $10 million being provided by Norwegian People's Aid to continue work clearing away unexploded ordnance in central province.

Warning over poisonous Hoan Kiem Lake water

The water of Hoan Kiem Lake has turned a strange colour in recent days due to the impact of a kind of poisonous algae.

Commune vice party secretary accused of using agricultural land for tourism

A deputy secretary of Ia Rsai Commune Party Committee in Gia Lai Province has been accused of using agricultural land to build a tourism site.

Thanh Hoa coastal forest swamped by rubbish

Da Loc Commune protective coastal forest in Thanh Hoa Province has become a huge dumping site as large amounts of rubbish are being washed up on the beach.

Illegal sand exploitation rampant in Nghe An

Of Nghe An’s 124 sand exploitation locations, 101 are unlicensed.

Hanoi river faces years of serious pollution

People in Hanoi’s Bac Tu Liem and Tay Ho districts have been living with a seriously-polluted river for many years, but the local authorities have seemed to ignore the problem.

Gáo Giồng Cajeput Forest protects Asian openbill storks

More than 100,000 Asian openbill storks now nesting in the Gáo Giồng Cajeput Forest in Đồng Tháp Province are receiving special protection from the forest’s management board.

Phu Quoc suffers from rubbish crisis

A rubbish dump in Phu Quoc Island’s An Thoi Town is severely over capacity and polluting the surrounding neighbourhood.

2018 to witness 13 typhoons and depressions

Approximately 12-13 typhoons and tropical depressions are forecast to form on the East Sea area in 2018, with five to six typhoons that will directly affect Vietnam.

New individual of world’s rarest turtle found in Hanoi

An additional individual of the Swinhoe's Softshell Turtle has been found in Hanoi thanks to the efforts from the Asian Turtle Programme of Indo-Myanmar Conservation.

North braced for Jekyll and Hyde weather

The northern region will suffer a mini heat wave before being hit by a cold spell next week.

Hoi An beach continues to face erosion

Many sections of the dyke along Hoi An Town’s Cua Dai Beach have been seriously damaged.

Đắk Lắk to build more solar power plants

The Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk plans to build 18 multi-billion dollar solar power plants by 2020.

Motorbikes to be labelled with energy consumption

The Ministry of Transport plans to label energy certificates for new motorcycles which are manufactured, assembled and imported to Vietnam.

Separating waste a smelly challenge for HCMC

While segregation of garbage at source is considered a good way to minimise its effect on the environment, HCM City is facing many challenges in its implementation.

Smiles and slapstick as Rohingya refugees learn to corral elephants

A trumpet fills the air as two "elephants" charge, scattering Rohingya refugee actors at a training session in a camp which cuts deep into Bangladeshi forest once reserved for the protected species.

Mekong Delta ready for fight against climate change

As hot weather peaks this month in southern Vietnam, authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong Delta) region are stepping up efforts to cope with forest fires and salinisation as a response to climate change.

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