Environment

The Southern Institute of Ecology and the Danang Tourism Association have jointly sent a proposal to the Danang authorities to preserve the current scenery of Son Tra Peninsula and demolish the foundations of 40 illegally-constructed villas on July 21.

Hundreds of tonnes of fish have been found dead on the Da River following the water discharge of Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant.

The Southern Institute of Ecology has discovered three new plant species unknown to the world in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve during a three-year research and revaluation of its biodiversity, Dr Lưu Hồng Trường told a recent scientific conference

The Vietnam Fisheries Association has filed a complaint about the dumping of tonnes mud off the coast of Binh Thuan to construct the Vinh Tan 1 Coal Power Plant.

A herd of seven elephants have re-appeared in a commune in the central province of Quang Nam after they were first spotted in February this year.

Vietnam’s urban environment, especially in big cities, is facing numerous challenges, including air and water pollution, solid waste treatment and flooding, according to the 2016 National Environmental Report issued in Hanoi on July 20.

Cities consume 70 per cent of Vietnam’s total energy and discharge 70 per cent of the country’s total carbon dioxide emissions, a policy dialogue announced yesterday in Hanoi.

The Vietnam Administration of Forestry on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AnimalsAsia on building plans to better protect bears.

Local authorities in Quang Ninh City's Bai Chay Town have started an investigation into two stagnant resort projects which are accused of various violations and threatening the environment.

Various environmental violations have been found in the Nui Phao mining project in the northern province of Thai Nguyen.

The Asian Development Bank and the Da Nang City People’s Committee have signed a transaction advisory services agreement to develop a new landfill and waste treatment facility.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Van Thang chaired a teleconference with representatives of 24 cities and provinces on July 16 to discuss preparation for the upcoming storm, the second to hit this year.

Prolonged rains over the past week and resultant flooding have inflicted losses of VNĐ 41 billion (US$1.8 million) in several northern provinces, according to Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

Ministry releases results of monitoring in four provinces affected by last year's Formosa pollution incident.

NEW YORK: Rising temperatures due to global warming will make it harder for aircraft to take off in coming decades, a US study warned Thursday (Jul 13) weeks after heat-related groundings in Arizona.

The Dak Nong Provincial Department of Planning and Investment said that they had revoked the investment licence of a tourism project in the area due to it deliberately enabling illegal loggers to destroy the forest.

A low-pressure system has formed in the East Sea, around 160km south-southeast of Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Archipelago, at 7am on Friday.

A business-as-usual approach to climate change will be "disastrous" for Asia, undoing much of the phenomenal economic growth that has helped it make vast inroads against poverty, the Asian Development Bank said in a report released Friday.

More lakes in Hanoi have been filled for housing, while the construction of proper water drainage systems has not received sufficient attention, which has caused more serious floods for the city after downpours.