Environment

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has pledged $1 billion to the Mekong Delta to fund projects aimed at tackling climate change amid warnings that the country’s rice basket is disappearing.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Thursday launched Phase II of the Building Resilience to Natural Hazards in Central Vietnam project.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said that the Mekong Delta region was facing the worst consequences of climate change and measures would be needed to mitigate the effects.

Bạch Mã National Park in the central province of Thừa Thiên- Huế received a rare tortoise, listed as a vulnerable species at the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Increased investment in climate-resilient housing, mangrove regeneration and early warning systems is urgently needed to ensure the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta, experts said at an international conference held on Tuesday in Cần Thơ Province.

Nearly 100,000 of Asian openbill storks, which are listed as an especially rare species in Vietnam’s Red Book, have been nesting at the Gao Giong Ecotourism Site in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, said Huynh Thanh Hien,

Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai has asked local authorities to quickly deal with the rubbish-filled streets in Son Tay Town after local people blocked the dumping site over a compensation dispute.

Nearly 50,000 residents have evacuated their homes amid fears of an imminent volcanic eruption on the resort island of Bali, disaster officials said Monday.

Vietnam’s sizeable trade in wild birds is going unchecked and could harm wild populations if not managed, a new study by wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC warns.

The Mekong Delta is a land carpeted in endless shades of greens, a magical water world that is being destroyed by climate change and environmental pollution, says the Vietnam Environment Administration.

A massive pump system has been installed on HCM City’s Nguyen Huu Canh Street, one of the most flood-prone streets in the city.

The Vietnamese media was lauded for playing an important role in promoting the protection of threatened wildlife, heard a seminar held in Hanoi on Friday.

The investigative police of Bình Định Province has detained two suspects over a recent destruction of more than 60ha of forest in An Lão District.

The World Bank and Electricity of Vietnam have launched a campaign to promote the deployment of renewable energy in Vietnam, with the installation of five solar measurement stations in south-central Binh Thuan province.

The Vietnam Environment Administration is inspecting a huge dumping site which is seriously affecting locals and companies in Hanoi and Ha Nam Province.

As many as 19 of the 43 industrial clusters in the capital city of Hanoi do not have waste water treatment plants, an inspection by the municipal People’s Council has found.

Authorities have confirmed a serious case of deforestation has occurred in this northern mountain province, resulting in the destruction of about 80 percent of the special forest areas in Pá Khoang Commune.

As Vietnam develops its thermal power plant system to meet increasing energy demands, the country faces a new environmental risk arising from the waste generated by those plants.

The authorities in Binh Dinh Province are investigating the destruction of 61 hectares of forest in the last fortnight.