Environment

An initiative for managing natural disasters was introduced on Friday in the context of increasing extreme weather events in Vietnam.

It is estimated that Vietnam has lost VNĐ45 trillion (US$2 billion) due to natural disasters this year, Nguyễn Đỗ Anh Tuấn, director of the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development, said.

Afforestation and timber trade campaigns are among various events that will be held across Vietnam to highlight co-operation between Vietnam and Finland and particularly to celebrate 100 years of Finland’s independence, which falls on December 6.

Illegal logging is rampant at Cuc Phuong National Park despite "the best" efforts of forest rangers.

Wild animals and their parts have been found hidden among agricultural products exported to China according to a recent report from Ministry of Finance to the government.

The capital city’s Hoàn Kiếm Lake will be dredged and cleaned by the end of the year, according to the Hanoi Sewerage and Drainage Company Ltd.

The Electricity of Vietnam’s Central Power Corporation inaugurated its grid-tied solar rooftop system and put into operation the country’s first electric vehicle parking/EV charging station in Da Nang city, on November 20.

Ho Chi Minh City has improved environmental protection by completing a legal framework for the purpose and, in recent times, refusing licences for polluting plants and generally tightening environment management and oversight, and improving management of rivers and canals.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered the People’s Committee of Tien Giang Province in the Mekong Delta to respond to local reports that a section of the Tieng River was filled in to build a nearly 10-ha fruit

Mr. Saku Liuksia, Program Manager of Waste-to-Energy and Bio-energy at Finland's Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, tells VET about the organization's operations and projects in Vietnam.

UN negotiations on implementing the Paris climate change agreement wrap up Friday after two weeks of talks that were slowed down by the United States defending the use of fossil fuels.

Chairman of Thua Thien Hue Province’s People’s Committee Nguyen Van Cao has signed a Decision to approve and realize a project on responding to climate change in Thua Thien Hue Province, which is sponsored by the Luxemburg Government.

Ha Long city in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh has issued a plan on intensifying measures to protect aquatic resources in Ha Long Bay - a UNESCO-recognised World Heritage Site - during the 2017-2020 period.

Thousands of reservoirs across Vietnam are at risk of breaching as they reach full capacity after heavy rainfall in recent weeks, experts say.

Rubbish is flooding Ha Long City's streets because of a price dispute with a waste treatment company.

The disposal of electronic waste in Vietnam has been rapidly increasing for several years. However, the current recycling process amounts to preliminary processing and can hardly produce raw materials for re-production, experts have said.

A move by the northern province of Bắc Giang’s administration to lease 1877ha of forest land to a State-owned forestry company with a track record of violations and mismanagement has evoked strong protests from local residents.

Authorities in the ancient town of Hoi An are seeking government help to protect Cua Dai Beach which is facing more serious erosion following Storm Damrey.

A koala has been found dead in Australia with both its ears cut off, the latest in a spate of animal mutilations that police Friday called "troublesome and disgusting".