Environment

The Vietnam Administration of Forestry on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AnimalsAsia on building plans to better protect bears.

Local authorities in Quang Ninh City's Bai Chay Town have started an investigation into two stagnant resort projects which are accused of various violations and threatening the environment.

Various environmental violations have been found in the Nui Phao mining project in the northern province of Thai Nguyen.

The Asian Development Bank and the Da Nang City People’s Committee have signed a transaction advisory services agreement to develop a new landfill and waste treatment facility.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Van Thang chaired a teleconference with representatives of 24 cities and provinces on July 16 to discuss preparation for the upcoming storm, the second to hit this year.

Prolonged rains over the past week and resultant flooding have inflicted losses of VNĐ 41 billion (US$1.8 million) in several northern provinces, according to Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

Ministry releases results of monitoring in four provinces affected by last year's Formosa pollution incident.

NEW YORK: Rising temperatures due to global warming will make it harder for aircraft to take off in coming decades, a US study warned Thursday (Jul 13) weeks after heat-related groundings in Arizona.

The Dak Nong Provincial Department of Planning and Investment said that they had revoked the investment licence of a tourism project in the area due to it deliberately enabling illegal loggers to destroy the forest.

A low-pressure system has formed in the East Sea, around 160km south-southeast of Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Archipelago, at 7am on Friday.

A business-as-usual approach to climate change will be "disastrous" for Asia, undoing much of the phenomenal economic growth that has helped it make vast inroads against poverty, the Asian Development Bank said in a report released Friday.

More lakes in Hanoi have been filled for housing, while the construction of proper water drainage systems has not received sufficient attention, which has caused more serious floods for the city after downpours.

Many households in the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Ha Long city had to be evacuated due to an under-construction golf course.

Ho Chi Minh City will establish a science council to appraise the results of the experimental project 'Go Cat waste-to-electricity plant' in order to expand the waste-to-electricity plant in the future.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued an official dispatch requesting relevant ministries, sectors and localities to proactively respond to heavy rains and subsequent floods the northern mountainous region.

Some 40 black shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix nigripes), divided into three herds, have been found living on Chứa Chan Mountain in southern Đồng Nai Province’s Xuân Lộc District.

In order to stay abreast of the rapid pace of urbanization and meet targets for reducing water leakage in Ho Chi Minh City to only 10 per cent by 2020, the Saigon Water Corporation (SAWACO) recently undertook a major

Bertha, believed to be the world's oldest hippopotamus, has died aged 65, the Manila zoo said Monday, having beaten the typical lifespan for the mostly herbivorous mammals by decades.

Heavy rain and flooding over the weekend in the northern regions killed seven people, including a family of four, and one person is missing.