Environment

Tropical storm Khanun has passed the north of the Philippines’ Luzon Island and entered the East Sea, becoming the 11th typhoon hitting the waters this year, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The construction of a waste-to-energy plant began in Tram Than commune, Phu Ninh district, Phu Tho province, on October 12, which is the first ever waste-to-energy plant in Phu Tho and the neighbouring provinces in the northern midland and

More people have rushed to Son Tra Peninsular in Danang City to capture photos of red-shanked douc langurs, raising concerns that this would affect their living environment.

Thousands of people in Hoi An Town are facing a water shortage as the town suffers from a severe salinity problem.

Six wild elephants went on a rampage in a village in Nghe An Province and destroyed crops on October 10.

Natural disasters could become more destructive in Asia-Pacific, where a person is already five times more likely to be affected than in other regions, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, urging countries to invest in resilience plans.

Director of Thuong Thao Trade and Investment JSC Le Van Thiet has been detained for an investigation into the destruction of 61 hectares of forest in An Hung Commune, Binh Dinh Province.

People living and working in Ho Chi Minh City will be able to avoid flooded areas by receiving necessary information on their smartphone, both iOS and Android, from the UDI Maps app created by the Ho Chi Minh City

More than 8,000sq.m of special-use forests were destroyed in just three months between July and September in Dong Met village, Pa Khoang commune, Dien Bien district, in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.

Robust sustainable banking guidelines and urgent action by banks are needed to prevent a looming environmental and social crisis that could cripple the region’s economic growth, the World Wide Fund for Nature warned in a report on Thursday.

The planning of medium to small-sized hydropower plants for the safe, efficient and sustainable development of renewable energy was the focus of discussions at a seminar held in Hanoi, on October 5.

Vietnam needs to implement policies of climate change mitigation in an inclusive and comprehensive way. Of that, mitigation actions might benefit the most disadvantaged and vulnerable people, experts have said.

In the context of rapidly growing power demand, it is necessary to revise the planning and development of renewable energy, otherwise renewable energy sources may not be able to meet demand, heard a workshop in Hanoi on October 5.

Champarama Travel Joint Stock Company have been fined VND70 million (USD3,200) for encroaching upon Nha Trang Bay in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Construction hold a conference about recycling ash and slag waste from coal power plants as construction materials for the Mekong Delta.

Local people in Quang Nam Province have gathered again and demanded to relocate the Vietnam-France Steel Plant due to pollution.

Natural disasters in the first nine months of 2017 left 169 people dead or missing, while causing damages estimated at nearly VND21.5 trillion (US$946 million), according to the latest statistics from the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.

Vietnam aims to reduce emissions from deforestation and to increase its absorption of carbon dioxide (CO2) to 33 million tonnes.

Emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from livestock are larger than previously thought, posing an additional challenge in the fight to curb global warming, scientists said Friday.