Environment

Thu Le Zoo, one of Hanoi’s most popular leisure spots, was left covered in litter after the long Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1) holiday.

Authorities of the central province of Quang Ngai’s Tu Nghia District have set up a taskforce to investigate the mass fish deaths in a local river.

Many households and farmers in Ha Nam Province are calling for help as their health and fish have been badly affected by the polluted Chau Giang River.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has announced plans to inspect environmental protection efforts at hundreds of firms across Vietnam.

More than 270 businesses and households in Ho Chi Minh City have installed solar power panels on roofs with a total capacity of about 3,600KWp, according to the HCM City Power Corp under Electricity of Vietnam (EVN HCM City).

The police have raided a major forest destruction site in Yok Don National Forest in Dak Lak Province.

Two bears have been rescued from a farm in the northern province of Ninh Binh Province by the Four Paws Viet organisation, ending bear keeping in the area.

Tens of tonnes of fish have been found at a lake in the southern province of Binh Phuoc.

The northern province of Hưng Yên has prepared a list of 13 enterprises that need improvement for causing environmental pollution last year.

The population of Cambodia's critically endangered river dolphin is growing for the first time in decades, conservations said Monday, hailing a major turnaround for the freshwater species.

Vietnam is reviewing and updating the country’s carbon emission target to better comply with the Paris agreement on climate change and prepare for the global assessment later this year.

Experts and scientists have discussed how to promote the application of technological solutions to produce clean energy, and form communities using smart energy, towards making over Ho Chi Minh City as a smart city in a seminar on April 20.

US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Mary Tarnowka has called for actions to improve public awareness of plastic waste as well as measures to reduce and recycle plastic waste.

Thousands of hectares of U Minh Ha cajuput forest in the southernmost province of Ca Mau are facing the high risk of fire due to long drought.

Nearly $10 million being provided by Norwegian People's Aid to continue work clearing away unexploded ordnance in central province.

The water of Hoan Kiem Lake has turned a strange colour in recent days due to the impact of a kind of poisonous algae.

A deputy secretary of Ia Rsai Commune Party Committee in Gia Lai Province has been accused of using agricultural land to build a tourism site.

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.