Environment

Training on waste collection and classification, a contest on initiatives to reduce plastic rubbish and beach clean-up campaigns were featured at the programme “Action for a Green Ha Long: Towards zero-waste tour programmes” on June 14.

In only a week, two captive Asiatic black bears were rescued in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng, Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) said on Tuesday.

HCM City has set a target of treating 90 per cent discharged water into rivers and canals by 2020.

Mass fish deaths have been found in lakes near the UNESCO world heritage site of Ha Long Bay.

An uncompleted electric fence has been unable to prevent wild elephants from looking for food at farms and gardens in Dong Nai Province.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has opposed mud dumping of Vinh Tan 1 thermal power plant for the concerns of possible impact on the maritime ecosystem.

Renewable energy does not need to be imported and will help Vietnam save lots of money in the future, according to Bui Vinh Thang, Business Developer at Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd.

Summer has come along with heavy downpour, and with each bout of torrential rain parts of the city remain flooded for hours.

Southeast Asia is home to the world’s top marine plastic polluters and environmental protection goals set by the governments of regional countries are insufficient, warned experts on World Environment Day (June 5).

Central Nha Trang City People’s Court on Monday sentenced a wildlife trafficker to four-and-a-half years in prison for smuggling and processing more than 10 tonnes of sea turtle.

The blanket of trash on a creek that flows between the makeshift homes of a Manila slum is so dense it appears one could walk across it like a paved street.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is keeping close watch on the development of China’s three nuclear power plants in Guangxi, Guangzhou and Hainan, all of which are provinces that border Vietnam, said minister Trần Hồng Hà during

The dredging at a local dyke project in Phu Loc District, Thua Thien-Hue Province is endangering the environment as well as the infrastructure of Chan May Port.

Saying goodbye to your pets is not easy, but what if it will take them to a better place, beyond what you can offer?

The central city of Da Nang on June 2 held a meeting in Son Tra district to celebrate the World Ocean Day (June 8) and the Vietnam Sea and Island Week.

Landslides along riverbanks and the coast in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have been increasing as local authorities continue to struggle to find solutions amid a budget shortage.

A series of activities are underway in Hanoi as part of the Green Living Festival in response to the action month for the environment and the World Environment Day (June 5).

Hundreds of dead horseshoe crabs have been found at Co To beaches in the northern province of Quang Ninh over the recent days.

The south central coastal province of Ninh Thuan has granted investment licenses to nine solar power projects with a total capacity of nearly 500 megawatts.