Environment

DPM calls for balancing interests, responsibility of countries along Mekong River

Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh suggested that the Mekong – Lancang Cooperation (MLC) should focus on enhancing sustainable management and use of Mekong River water resources to balance interests and responsibility of countries along the river.

Pangolin traffickers opening up new routes: study

Pangolin smugglers are constantly opening up new routes to evade law enforcement agencies, a study showed Friday, highlighting the challenge of tackling the trade in the world's most heavily trafficked mammal.

Tour firms may be fined for environmental offenses

Tourism businesses operating programmes that exploit wildlife could be charged with new offenses, the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC said at a conference for sustainable tourism development held in Huế City.

Vietnam braces for typhoon Kai-tak

Tropical low pressure operated in the North of the Philippines and gained power to become a tropical typhoon under the international name of Kai-tak.

Huge monkey and douc langur group discovered in Quang Tri

A large group of monkeys and douc langurs have been found in a forest in the central province of Quang Tri.

Rubbish swamps Danang beach

Nearly 100 tonnes of rubbish have been washed up onto the beach at Danang City while the waste disposal company said they had too few staff to deal with the pollution.

HCM City households face mountains of waste

Thousands of households along Xuyen Tam Stream in HCM City are facing the serious pollution every day as the stream has been turned into a dumping ground.

Urgent response discussed for Mekong River

As many as 18 million residents in the Mekong Delta are suffering serious consequences as the Mekong River is drying up due to over exploitation of hydropower plants in upstream countries, delegates heard at a recent conference in the

Five elephants killed by train in India

A train has struck and killed five elephants as they crossed over tracks at a tea plantation in northeast India, an official said Monday.

Đà Nẵng beaches face worst erosion in decades

A 500m section of beach in Ngũ Hành Sơn District of the central city of Đà Nẵng has been seriously eroded by uninterrupted rain and rising sea waves in the last two months.

Six moon bears rescued from bile farm in southern Vietnam

A team from Animals Asia arrived in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Duong on a mission to rescue six moon bears that have been caged in a bile farm for at least 12 years.

Climate victims seek justice, on the street and in the courtroom

People around the world beset by the impacts of global warming like droughts, heat waves and storm surges are calling for "climate justice," and many are pleading their cases in court.

Vietnam set for colder winter

Winter this year is forecasted to come late but is likely to be much colder than previous years.

Đà Nẵng fines polluting project owner

The central city of Đà Nẵng has fined the Sao Vàng Nha Trang Joint Stock Company, the owner of the Sapphire Hotel project, VNĐ320 million (US$14,000) for not completing an environmental assessment plan before construction.

Wildcat rescued from a local family

The rescuing centre in Bạch Mã National Park has received a rare wild cat following efforts by a resident of central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province.

Quảng Ngãi allows off-coast dumping of dredged mud

The central province of Quảng Ngãi has lifted its temporary suspension and decided to allow the dumping of dredged mud off the coast of Mỹ Khê Beach.

City seeks investors in wastewater plants

Despite billions of đồng spent on wastewater treatment facilities, many projects are still incomplete and wastewater pollution remains a huge problem.

Elephant donated to Dak Lak conservation centre

A tourism company in the central highlands has given an elephant to Dak Lak Province's Centre for Elephant Conservation.

Cold weather forecast in the north from Thursday

The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting reported that cold air would start affecting the northern provinces from Thursday afternoon.

Central Highlands forest faces continued illegal logging

Illegal logging is still rampant in the Central Highlands despite Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s order to close the forests in the Central Highlands more than a year ago.

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