Environment

Farmers in the Mekong delta have stored fresh water as preparation for the upcoming drought since now.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a plan to implement a national action programme addressing the consequences of bombs and mines left over from war in 2016-2020.

Vietnam may surpass China to become one among 10 countries with the most serious environmental pollution in the world by 2035 if the country continues maintaining the current industrial development, experts warned.

Fish farmers in Hau Giang Province have decided to stop their work for fear of possible wastewater discharges from the Lee & Man Paper Manufacturers.

Environmental experts have pointed out problems with the idea of raising fish by the waste water discharge lake at Lee & Man Paper Plant in Hau Giang Province.

Vietnam’s national forest cover is targeted to reach 42% of the total land area, equivalent to 14.4 million hectares, by 2020.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has urged the Ministry of Public Security to investigate the illegal sand extraction at Cua Dai Beach in the central province of Quang Nam.

Malaysian authorities have seized about $3.1 million worth of rhinoceros horns flown in from Mozambique via Qatar, the latest seizure in Asia of products from endangered species to feed demand for traditional remedies, officials said on Monday.

Industrial waste dumped at landfills is causing significant environmental problems in the country. As Vietnam's economy grows, industrial waste disposal has become more of a challenge.

Three wild monkeys have just been released after being kept captive for more than 10 years in Ha Tinh Province.

Customs officers have detected two consignments containing pangolin scales at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.

Locals at Hoa Tien 2 Village in Da Nang City are accusing a local hot-dip galvanising factory of discharging untreated wastewater and killing the rice fields and livestock.

Most people look for a place to hide when a typhoon is on the horizon, but Atsushi Shimizu hopes that the fury of nature may one day help resource-poor Japan tackle its energy woes.

Ninh Thuan Province authorities are rushing to complete the Tan My reservoir and weir system on the Dinh River near Phan Rang-Thap Cham City in order to deal with drought and saltwater intrusion.

The People’s Committee of HCM City has submitted a solid-waste treatment plan to 2025 to the Ministry of Construction, which will seek approval from the central Government.

China is planning to create a preserve for the giant panda that will be three times the size of Yellowstone National Park in the western U.S.

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has ordered the Vietnam Environment Administration to collaborate with Hau Giang province to investigate media reports about environmental pollution caused by Vietnam Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited.

The People’s Procuracy of Central Highlands Đắk Nông Province has arrested the former director of a forestry company as part of an investigation into the destruction of 2,000 hectares of forest.

The Central Power Corporation (CPC) under the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) will build a solar plant project with a capacity of 50 megawatts (MW) and solar farms in the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.