Environment

Nine bears raised at a bile farm in Di An town, Binh Duong province were rescued by the Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) on June 26.

The rise in global sea levels has accelerated since the 1990s amid rising temperatures, with a thaw of Greenland's ice sheet pouring ever more water into the oceans, scientists said on Monday.

The Vietnamese Government and the Green Climate Fund announced the first GCF-funded project in Vietnam, focusing on supporting vulnerable, highly disaster-exposed communities to protect themselves from the impacts of frequent typhoons and floods.

Although the controversial tourism development plan for the Son Tra Peninsula is still waiting for final approval from the prime minister, a vast area of forest has already been cleared and illegally posted no entry signs are apparent.

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) carried out final discussions of its 35th session in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 22-23, adopting 36 resolutions and a presidential statement, including a draft resolution on climate change and human rights co-created

Three small earthquakes have hit the northern region this month, scientists say.

Illegal sand excavation has continued keeping rampant along the Chu River in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa.

The Deputy Director of General Department of Environment Hoang Van Thuc has announced that waters off four central regions is now apparently safe for tourists.

Vietnam will face grave consequences if it does not take strict action against pollution while striving to achieve the goal of 7% annual economic growth and power sector's 11% annual growth.

The United States is willing to support Vietnam more in responding to climate change, especially in developing clean energy, sustainable infrastructure and smart water resources management, said former US Secretary of State John Kerry at his talks with a

Vietnam aims to increase the nationwide forest coverage to 42 percent, equivalent to 14.4 million hectares, by 2020, according to the target programme on sustainable forest development during 2016-2020 recently approved by the Prime Minister.

Heavy downpours are expected in the northern region until June 21, with warnings of flash floods and landslides in mountainous provinces.

A US-funded programme is providing significant help in implementing an action plan for green growth in the building sector by laying the ground for substantial energy and Green House Gas (GHG) reductions.

The Vietnam Clean Production and Energy Efficiency Project (CPEE) closed in June 2017, reaching 70% of the total energy saving target and 75% of the CO2 emission reduction target.

A $1.2 million illegal shipment of scales from the critically endangered pangolin have been uncovered in Malaysia, officials said Friday, the second such seizure in a week.

Vietnam risks a loss of 7.2 million tonnes of rice yield and 3.2 per cent of its agricultural land by the late 21st century as a result of climate change, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

A project on sustainable forests, jointly implemented by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), has officially launched.

A man in Danang City has proposed to local authorities that he should keep his illegally constructed palace in Lien Chieu District as he believes it could be a tourism site.

Due to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon, about 13-15 storms and tropical depressions are forecasted to arrive in the East Sea this year, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.