Environment

More and more wild elephants have been driven out of the wild to find food, in some instances attacking domesticated elephants in Dak Lak Province.

The Ivory Free Vietnam Campaign to stop the illegal trade in ivory and contribute to the global efforts to save elephants from extinction, has been launched in HCM City by Centre of Hands-on Actions and Networking for Growth and

Many precious and protected animals at the Kon Ka Kinh National Park in Gia Lai Province, one of 27 national parks listed on ASEAN Heritage Park, are being hunted and killed.

The People’s Committee of southwestern Tây Ninh Province has proposed the Ministry of Industry and Trade add 15 solar power projects to the provincial planning scheme on electricity development in the 2011-15 period, with a vision through 2020.

A planned wood-pulp plant in Bình Sơn District would destroy 50ha of nipa palm forest, causing pollution, loss of biodiversity, and irrevocable damage to local lifestyles, biologists and residents warn.

A powerful storm lashed Hong Kong and Macau on Sunday, just days after a punishing typhoon swept through the region and claimed at least 18 lives.

Hong Kong raised its highest storm warning Wednesday as Severe Typhoon Hato brought the city to a standstill, shutting down the stock market and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights as heavy rain and winds pummelled the territory.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked for another environmental inspection in four central provinces affected by the Formosa incident.

The Vietnam Sustainable Energy Alliance (VSEA) said the country lacks a set of standards for the development of solar power, which is abundant and untapped.

A number of hospitals in Vietnam have successfully treated and reused their waste water with support from the World Bank.

More than 750 people have died in floods across South Asia, officials said Monday, with monsoon rains also causing the deaths of hundreds of animals, including rhinos and a tiger.

The Ministry of Construction (MoC) and the South Korea International Co-operation Agency (KOICA) held a workshop in Hanoi on Thursday to review implementation of the Green City Planning Decision Support System (GDSS) in Vietnam.

Water governance in APEC economies, climate change, food security and best practices in agriculture are among the topics to be discussed at the first APEC Water Resources Authorities Meeting for Food Security that opens today in Cần Thơ.

A red-shanked douc langur (pygathrix nemaeus) has just been handed over to the Cúc Phương national park in the northern province of Ninh Bình by forest rangers in Phú Lộc District in central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế.

Provinces and cities in northern Vietnam have been requested to prepare to deal with flood and landslides in the region.

Two more construction projects in coastal Sơn Trà and Ngũ Hành Sơn districts of Đà Nẵng have been found discharging untreated waste water into the city’s household sewage system.

Monsoon floods and landslides have killed at least 94 people across Nepal and India but officials fear that figure could rise sharply as rescuers search for dozens believed lost under mud and in submerged villages.

More than 2,600 trees of over 100 fauna species in 52 province and cities have been recognised as heritage trees of Vietnam since the title recognition was initiated in 2010.

No single country or individual could put an end to illegal wildlife trade, but joint international efforts should be made to prevent wildlife crimes and protect the elephant species in the centuries ahead, US Ambassador to Vietnam, Ted Osius,