Environment

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has proposed Hanoi authorities to conduct an urgent investigation into the recent massive fish deaths on the West Lake.

The HCM City People’s Committee has petitioned the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to restrict the granting of new licences to exploit groundwater.

Environmentalists have warned of the overexploitation of the country’s fisheries stocks, but fishermen are continuing to use electrical impulses and mines while ignoring heavy sanctions.

Chinese customs authorities said they seized 156 prehistoric mammoth tusks from a truck entering from Russia in one of the country's largest such hauls.

The Vietnam Disaster Management Authority has underlined the urgent need to set up delegations to inspect the safety of dykes and reservoirs in important areas as a tropical low pressure system has developed into a storm named Son Tinh

The central province of Quảng Ngãi has allocated funds of VNĐ42 billion to support ecosystem recovery and biodiversity supervision as well as strengthening the protection of the Lý Sơn Marine Protected Area (MPA) for the 2018-22 period.

Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Committee has asked the Prime Minister and relevant agencies to approve an extension of the second phase of its environmental sanitation project (Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe Basin) to 2030 as a foreign contractor

A critically endangered elephant has been found dead in a palm oil plantation on Indonesia's Sumatra island in what is suspected to be a deliberate poisoning, an official said Friday.

The central city of Danang has been selected as Vietnam's representative in the I Love Cities competition 2017-2018 by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

A foreign tourist group called Keep Mui Ne Nice joined staff from local tourism facilities, organisations, and youngsters in Phan Thiet city in the south-central province of Binh Thuan to collect rubbish along Mui Ne beach on July 12.

Two publications giving instructions on caring for rescued moon and sun bears, as well as guidance to plant herbal alternatives to bear bile were launched at a ceremony held in the Animals Asia’s Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre in Vinh

Many people in Nghia Ky Commune, Quang Ngai Province, have blocked rubbish trucks from entering the waste treatment plant due to the unsanitary nature of the site.

Up to around 500 environment workers and volunteers jointly gathered around 25 tonnes of dead fish in Hanoi’s West Lake.

Ferries were suspended and farmers rushed for last-minute harvests Monday as Taiwan braced for Typhoon Maria, with warnings of possible mudslides and flooding as the storm nears.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has recently approved a VNĐ535 billion (US$23 million) programme to wipe out utility enterprises seriously polluting the environment by 2020.

Residents in HCM City’s District 7 have demanded that authorities should resolve the environmental problems caused by the Đa Phước solid waste treatment complex and the bad odour from its landfill.

New environmental protection fees are expected to reduce the volume of industrial wastewater in Ho Chi Minh City, while higher parking fees on city centre streets will curb traffic congestion, according to the city’s Transport Department.

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh Province faces severe threat of pollution as only 20% of domestic wastewater is treated before being discharged into the bay.

The northern and central regions are being badly affected by the severe heatwave that is forecasted to last at least until July 5.