Environment

Da Loc Commune protective coastal forest in Thanh Hoa Province has become a huge dumping site as large amounts of rubbish are being washed up on the beach.

Of Nghe An’s 124 sand exploitation locations, 101 are unlicensed.

People in Hanoi’s Bac Tu Liem and Tay Ho districts have been living with a seriously-polluted river for many years, but the local authorities have seemed to ignore the problem.

More than 100,000 Asian openbill storks now nesting in the Gáo Giồng Cajeput Forest in Đồng Tháp Province are receiving special protection from the forest’s management board.

A rubbish dump in Phu Quoc Island’s An Thoi Town is severely over capacity and polluting the surrounding neighbourhood.

Approximately 12-13 typhoons and tropical depressions are forecast to form on the East Sea area in 2018, with five to six typhoons that will directly affect Vietnam.

An additional individual of the Swinhoe's Softshell Turtle has been found in Hanoi thanks to the efforts from the Asian Turtle Programme of Indo-Myanmar Conservation.

The northern region will suffer a mini heat wave before being hit by a cold spell next week.

Many sections of the dyke along Hoi An Town’s Cua Dai Beach have been seriously damaged.

The Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk plans to build 18 multi-billion dollar solar power plants by 2020.

The Ministry of Transport plans to label energy certificates for new motorcycles which are manufactured, assembled and imported to Vietnam.

While segregation of garbage at source is considered a good way to minimise its effect on the environment, HCM City is facing many challenges in its implementation.

A trumpet fills the air as two "elephants" charge, scattering Rohingya refugee actors at a training session in a camp which cuts deep into Bangladeshi forest once reserved for the protected species.

As hot weather peaks this month in southern Vietnam, authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong Delta) region are stepping up efforts to cope with forest fires and salinisation as a response to climate change.

A large amount of garbage was taken out of a drainage canal in Hanoi after pollution was reported by the media.

Education for Nature-Vietnam has proposed to seize 11 tigers which are being kept at a farm in Thanh Hoa Province but local authorities have no idea where to transfer them.

Farmers in Ninh Thuan are facing difficulties feeding and watering their sheep even though the dry season has just started.

Motorbikes from the 2000s generate 416% more hydrocarbons, 3,220% more nitrogen oxides, and 8,065% more carbon monoxide than motor cars made in the same decade, research reveals.

Water and agricultural land in Nhơn Hải Commune, Ninh Hải District of the south central province of Ninh Thuận has been contaminated with high saline levels, affecting local production and livelihoods.