Environment

The capital city is preparing to install an additional 20 air-monitoring stations, municipal officials say.

The oldest giant panda living in captivity, 38-year-old Jia Jia, was euthanized in Hong Kong after rapidly deteriorating health over the past two weeks, her owners Ocean Park said on Sunday.

The quality of seawater in coastal areas of Vietnam has been on the decline, with a heavy weight of total suspended solids (TSS), according to Vietnam Sea and Islands General Department.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society was selected to represent national organisations in Southeast Asia to host a meeting marking International Day for Disaster Reduction in the central province of Quang Nam on October 13.

Lý Sơn Island is becoming an attractive destination for domestic and foreign visitors because of its unique natural landscape.

As many as 173 Chinese steel enterprises were found to have violated the country's environmental rules during recent nationwide investigations into the industry, the environment ministry said on Monday.

Untreated waste from residential areas and resorts in Nha Trang City is suspected of polluting the Nha Trang Bay, which is listed among the world's 29 most beautiful bays.

Authorities in HCM City have just rejected the proposal by the Da Phuoc Waste Treatment Complex to refuse accepting more rubbish from the city.

A USD 800 million water treatment project has just been kicked off in Hanoi which is intended to help restore some of the capital’s polluted rivers.

A natural disaster alert and watch system will be built at 13 coastal provinces and cities from Ha Tinh to Ba Ria – Vung Tau with 532 stations, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

An official from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment claims that while Hanoi faces air pollution, he couldn’t imagine it could be the second worst in the world.

Sam Son, the most popular beach in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa, is facing serious pollution due to sewage outlets from surrounding residential areas.

Sixty-one wild Java pangolins (Manis javanica) have been handed over to Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW) by Thai Binh province’s Police Department.

Nearly 1,000 people from different forces and agencies have been mobilised to clean the West Lake following the death of up to 200 tonnes of fish.

Over 200 tonnes of dead fish have been recovered from West Lake. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged Hanoi authorities to find out the cause of the incident.

A series of trucks have been dumping waste mud into the Red River in Hanoi.

Namibia and Zimbabwe failed on Monday to convince a U.N. body that they should be allowed to export elephant ivory, while Swaziland lost a bid to sell rhino horn - moves they all argued would protect the animals rather

Around 200 polluted lakes in Hanoi will be treated with a special substance imported from Germany, said Hanoi Sewerage and Drainage Limited Company.

Vietnamese customs officials on October 1 seized 309 kilograms of ivory concealed in a shipment declared to contain glass that arrived at Noi Bai International Airport two days earlier.