Environment

A koala has been found dead in Australia with both its ears cut off, the latest in a spate of animal mutilations that police Friday called "troublesome and disgusting".

Dozens of live pangolins were seized from suspected traffickers close to Malaysia's border with Thailand, officials said Wednesday, thwarting the latest attempt to smuggle the critically endangered creatures.

Frequent rains in the past days caused thick fog in many parts of HCM City on November 8.

A public health emergency was declared as choking smog blanketed New Delhi on Tuesday, with authorities ordering the temporary closure of all primary schools in the world's most polluted capital city.

The Asian Development Bank has approved US$170 million in loans to help the Government of Vietnam upgrade urban infrastructure and address climate change, benefiting about 116,000 households in Huế, Vĩnh Yên, and Hà Giang cities.

Vietnam’s waters are being threatened by excessive economic activities, lack of regulations and over-fishing.

Authorities of the central province of Quang Ngai have allowed the Northern Vietnam Maritime Safety Corporation to dump around 62,000 cubic metres of mud and sand into the sea.

Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi's Ba Dinh District is one of the most famous bridges in Hanoi and attracts many visitors. However, the surrounding water is being severely polluted by a vast amount of rubbish.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment asked the authorities of Tien Giang Province on November 1 to stop the construction of Fruit Park Project that will encroach upon a huge area of the Tien River.

Two farmers in the central province of Quang Tri found 60 bomblets on November 1 while digging soil to grow bananas in their garden.

China needs to improve law enforcement and make polluters pay to treat billions of tonnes of rural, industrial and household waste, the country's top legislator said in a report to parliament late on Wednesday.

Binh Dinh People's Committee is considering a proposal to dump 400,000 cubic metres of mud that was dredged up while maintaining Quy Nhon nautical channel into the sea.

The Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng aims to preserve 350 long-tailed macaques monkeys living in a mangrove forest and develop eco-tourism as part of its tourism development plan by 2020.

A large amount of wood has been found along the bank of rivers and streams in Thanh Hoa Province after recent floods, and local authorities are unclear of its origins.

Lions, chimpanzees, giraffes, leopards and a wide variety of sharks received added protection at a UN wildlife conference in the Philippines, organisers said Saturday.

Hopes for a vast new marine sanctuary in pristine East Antarctica were dashed Saturday after a key conservation summit failed to reach agreement, with advocates urging "greater vision and ambition".

A VND30 billion (USD1.36-million) waste treatment plant on Co To Island has yet to begin its full operation despite its construction being completed years ago.

Hanoi plans to install an additional 70 air monitoring stations to improve air quality, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

HCM City and JICA organized a workshop to review the outcomes of the city’s component of JICA’s technical cooperation project on “Supporting the Planning and Implementation of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions.