Environment

Joint efforts required to keep the sea clean

Ten years have passed since the World Oceans Day (June 8) was officially recognised as an international holiday by the United Nations (UN). Annually, on this occasion, Vietnam organises response activities and launches the Vietnam Sea and Island Week.

Japan whale hunt killed 122 pregnant minkes

Japan killed 122 pregnant minke whales during a highly controversial annual whaling expedition that Tokyo defends as scientific research but conservationists call "gruesome and unnecessary."

Fish and sea cucumbers released in Nha Trang Bay

Around 2,400 baby fish and sea cucumbers have been released to Nha Trang Bay to increase and diversify the marine environment.

Embassies, int’l organisations join in preventing plastic pollution in Vietnam

Twenty-two embassies and international organisations in Vietnam will sign a code of conduct on the prevention of plastic pollution on June 4, to mark World Environment Day (June 5), according to the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam.

More rare animals released back to the wild

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh has co-operated with local forest rangers to release five animals into the wild.

Waste treatment delayed in Vietnam

Poor infrastructure investment in waste treatment has kept Vietnam in the list of five countries who together discharge more solid waste, particularly plastic, into the ocean than the rest of the world combined. The other four countries are China,

Ly Son islanders urged not to use plastic bags, straws

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has launched a communication campaign to cut the use of plastic bags on Ly Son island, as a prelude to its sea turtle conservation programme on the island.

Largest stork garden of Bắc Giang Province in danger of elimination

The population of storks as well as many other kinds of birds in a special park in the northern province of Bắc Giang has now declined by more than two thirds due to illegal firecracker explosions.

Vietnam Circus Federation responds against animal cruelty accusations

Vietnam Circus Federation defended their animal treatment after the Asia for Animals Coalition called to end animal cruelty at circuses in Vietnam.

Rare muntjacs found in Quang Nam

Forest rangers in Quang Nam announced on May 23 that they had captured images of two large-antlered muntjacs in a conservation centre.

Chemical plant turned down due to Ha Long Bay environmental risks

Authorities of the northern province of Quang Ninh have officially turned down a chemical plant project due to its environmental risks to the UNESCO world heritage site of Ha Long Bay.

HCM City reviews ongoing flood-prevention programme

Flood prevention works in HCM City between 2016 and 2020 are estimated to cost more than VNĐ96.3 trillion (US$4.2 billion), according to its Steering Centre of the Urban Flood Control Programme.

Vietnam and Australia promote sustainable energy cooperation

The Vietnam-Australia Energy Roundtable 2018 will be organised by the Australian Government in partnership with the Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade on Tuesday in Hanoi.

Six pygmy elephants found dead on Malaysian Borneo

Six Borneo pygmy elephants have been found dead in Malaysian palm oil plantations in recent weeks, officials said Monday, the latest of the endangered creatures to perish as their rainforest habitat is devastated.

HCM City landfill grows into orchard

The Dong Thanh rubbish dump in Ho Chi Minh City has been converted into an orchard, drastically improving the environment in the surrounding neighbourhood.

Hội An bicycle project wins global award

A project to encourage more people to cycle and help the environment has won a global award.

Public concerns over toxic chemical project near Ha Long Bay

Investment procedures to build a toxic chemical project near Ha Long Bay have been completed, which has stirred public concerns over the pollution risk to the world heritage site.

Illegal logging found in Quảng Nam

An illegal logging site has been found in part of the Kôn River protected forest – the fourth recorded case of logging violations in the central province since January.

Sixth GEF Assembly to be held in Da Nang

The Sixth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) will take place from June 27-28, 2018 at the Furama International Conference Center in Da Nang, Vietnam. This assembly was set up to tackle the planet’s most pressing environmental problems.

Hanoi faces increasingly harmful air quality

Hanoi suffered from air pollution most of the days in in the first quarter of this year, according to a report from the Hanoi-based Green Innovation and Development Centre.

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