Environment

Outlying districts in Hanoi have been badly affected by burning rice straw.

On a raft floating off Hong Kong's rural eastern coastline former investment banker turned scientist Yan Wa-tat patiently scrapes barnacles off some 2,000 oysters -– a tiresome but crucial part of his mission to bring back pearl farming.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in coordination with photographer Nguyen Viet Hung, or Lekima Hung, organised a photo exhibition on plastic waste in Hanoi on June 4.

In its fourth event on a national scale, the "Let's clean the sea" campaign 2019 will last until August 31, targeting to set up 400 different venues with regular sea cleaning activities and attract the participation of roughly 100,000 people.

Outlying districts in Hanoi have been badly affected by burning rice straw.

Temperatures in an Indian desert city hit 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) for the second time in three days as a deadly heatwave maintained its grip on the country.

A man has just been arrested for leading a group of people who poisoned over 10 hectares of pine forest in the central highlands province of Lam Dong.

Litter classification was introduced in November last year but has proved ineffective.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu held a ceremony on June 1 to launch Vietnam Sea and Island Week and Action Month for the Environment in response to World Oceans

The central city of Hoi An is expanding a programme to reduce plastic waste after Cu Lao Cham Island became the first locality in the country plastic-free.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is calling for ideas to create a draft decree that establishes a system of regulations ensuring Việt Nam’s legal timber and wood products qualify for import and export.

Heavy rainfall is expected to continue in the northern region and the central province of Thanh Hoa over the weekend, the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecast Centre has warned.

Hanoi Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung has just asked for a thorough check over the purchase, usage and effectiveness of the Redoxy3C substance which has been used to treat polluted water at 87 lakes in the area.

Malaysia will send back some 3,000 metric tons (3,300 tons) of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries such as the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia in a move to avoid becoming a dumping ground for rich nations, Environment Minister Yeo

The project to clean up To Lich River in Hanoi using the Japanese bio-nanotechnology would be infeasible if wastewater is still directly discharged into the river, said an expert.

The Da Nhim – Ham Thuan – Da Mi Hydropower JSC has sent electricity generated by Inverter B Station to the grid in the central province of Binh Thuan, raising the capacity of Da Mi solar power plant’s power

Heavy rains carrying waste has resulted in serious pollution in the La Nga River in the southern province of Dong Nai, leading to mass fish deaths.

Danang authorities have opposed a garbage incinerator project proposed by Quang Nam provincial authorities for fear of water pollution.

The Global Wind Energy Council will hold the second edition of the Vietnam Wind Power Conference on June 11 and 12 in Hanoi.