Environment

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.

The popular tourism destination of Phu Quoc Island is facing increasing environmental pollution.

Hanoi’s Industry and Trade Department has proposed to build automatic car wash systems at 67 filling stations as a measure to curb air pollution in the city.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc underlined the importance of strengthening cooperation to cope with climate change at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany on July 8.

Sixty eight animals from eight wild species have been rescued and released into the Bai Tu Long National Park in Van Don district, northern Quang Ninh province on July 6.

Huong Khe Town in the central province of Ha Tinh has been covered in rubbish and a foul smell as their only dumping site is overloaded.

The Government held a meeting on Thursday to discuss urgent measures to limit illegal sand mining in the country, which has reached epidemic proportions in response to a boom in construction demand.

Đà Nẵng authorities will ask for State funding to build a sea dyke to prevent erosion in Sơn Trà Peninsula after a villa project in the area was eroded last week.

Hanoi authorities are planning to clean several polluted rivers and improve their surroundings.

Mud and red soil from a controversial tourism resort project in Danang City’s Son Tra District has polluted the local beach.

Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains since June 19 have killed six persons in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

Many people in Quang Tri Province are still destroying the forest to create short-term agricultural land despite a prime ministerial order to close all forests in the area last year.

Humanity must put carbon dioxide emissions on a downward slope by 2020 to have a realistic shot at capping global warming at well under two degrees Celsius, the bedrock goal of the Paris climate accord, experts said Wednesday.

Ha Quoc Quy, a local in HCM City has transferred a protected bird to the Saigon Zoo.

The central province plans to protect a herd of gray-shanked douc langurs (pygathrix cinerea) who have lived in a forest in Núi Thành for 10 years.