Environment

Customs officers at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi have seized nearly 3kg of goods suspected as being bone glue of rare animals.

This year’s natural disasters in Việt Nam have caused much severer consequences than the first seven months of 2016.

The fast-growing tourist development has resulted in large amounts of rubbish being dumped into the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ha Long Bay.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has submitted a proposal to the Government to launch and/or complete 24 climate change response projects in the Mekong Delta region in the 2017-2020 period.

Authorities in Ninh Binh Ninh Binh has fined the investor of the Ninh Binh Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital for not having an environmental impact report despite being built eight years ago.

Cleaning workers in Danang are trying to collect the large amount of rubbish that has covered beaches in the central city.

The northern region will have rains and rainstorm from now on to August 6 according to the Centre for Hydrometeorology Forecast Central.

Endangered elephants and tigers are killing one person a day in India as humans put a growing squeeze on their habitat, according to new government figures.

There is only a 5% chance that the Earth will avoid warming by at least 2C come the end of the century, according to new research that paints a sobering picture of the international effort to stem dangerous climate change.

Zambian authorities on Sunday said they had arrested three Chinese nationals and two locals found carrying pieces of rhino horn at the border with Mozambique.

Living in the southern-most province of Cà Mau since his life was difficult, Trần Văn Xê has spent more than 20 years here or near the area.

Dozens of households in Cluster 21, Loc Thang Town, Bao Lam District, Lam Dong Province have complained about the discharged water from Tan Rai Bauxite plant while the investor claims water samples tested safe.

Young children lie in hospital in Aceh province, Indonesia, as thick smoke caused by forest fires forces dozens of people to be treated for lung infections.

The authorities of Binh Thuan Province has suggested building sea embankments from the mud that was supposed to be dumped into the sea to construct the Vinh Tan 1 Coal Power Plant.

Scientists are compiling a crop structure map for the Mekong Delta to counter growing climate change impact in the region known as the country’s food granary.

Formosa should regard the environmental issue as crucial to its survival, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, during his working session with leaders of the Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Co. Ltd.

Farmers will not receive compensation for an incident which left hundreds of tonnes of farmed fish dead after Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant discharged its reservoir. The incident has been described as unavoidable natural disease-related discharges in the water.

Many people in Ha Giang Province have complained about the abject lack of waste treatment facilities after tonnes of rubbish was dumped into a local stream.

A tropical depression on July 23 afternoon intensified into the fourth storm in the East Sea so far this year, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.