Environment

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked the NA to allocate some VND100trn to build an irrigation system to cope with the serious drought.

The World Bank is boosting spending to help poorer countries battle global warming and power 150 million homes with renewable energy.

More than 120 countries have said they are ready to sign the UN’s accord to fight global warming, French ecology minister Segolene Royal said on Wednesday.

An ivory elephant appeared near residential areas in Phu Ly commune, Vinh Cuu district in the southern province of Dong Nai on April 5.

People in Ha Tinh Province have complained about the pollution caused by local cassava processing facility.

Hundreds of households on Thuy Khue Street in Hanoi have faced serious pollution from a local canal.

Forest fires caused by carelessness, and at times deliberately, by humans, is currently a huge challenge for competent authorities in the southern Tây Ninh Province, online newspaper vov.vn reported.

A number of coastal provinces in the Mekong Delta which are located about 25-40 km from the sea are expected to welcome inflows of fresh water in April when the tide recedes, according to the Southern Irrigation Science Institute.

Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake is running out of water, greatly affecting lives of hundreds of local fishermen.

Vietnam has urged the Netherlands to collaborate with Vietnam in conducting intensive research into solutions to preserve water in the Mekong Delta, which is facing severe drought and saltwater intrusion.

Quang Ngai People's Committee have demanded investors in the Dak-Re Hydropower Plant halt construction after it was discovered the company doing the building work had destroyed a large area of local forest.

Many wildlife species living in Lower U Minh National Park in the southern province of Cà Mau have been rediscovered recently by the Park’s management board.

The US will support Vietnam in making laws and policies related to wildlife trade and consumption in accordance with international standards and help educate young generations on the protection of wild animals.

Pollution levels are adversely affecting local residents’ health and the long-term economic development of a traditional handicraft village located about 70km from Hanoi, a senior official said.

Laos is releasing water from its dams to the Mekong River to help Vietnam cope with drought and salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Hundreds of Indochinese grey langurs have been discovered in Xuan Lien Nature Reserve in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa.

Hanoi wishes to receive Amsterdam city’s assistance in building an environment monitoring system, clean energies and sharing of experience in climate change adaptation, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

An historic flood, similar to the flood that battered the central region with 2,000 mm of rain in 1999, is predicted to hit Vietnam in the second half of this year after the most severe drought in 100 years

The water discharged from China’s Jinghong Hydropower Station is expected to reach the Mekong Delta region in 19 days, according to Dong Van Tu, head of the Water Resource Directorate’s department of irrigation and dam safety.