Environment

A quarter of all global deaths annually are related to environmental pollution and the death rate is increasing significantly, the World Health Organisation warned in its latest report.

Even as people the world over symbolically dim lights to fight global warming this Saturday, many will join email and social network campaigns that invisibly contribute to climate change.

The Nature Conservation Zone in the southern province of Dong Nai confirmed the death of another bull on March 16.

Poor management in sorting and treating solid waste not only pollutes the environment, but also wastes resources, environmental experts said at the third 3R International Scientific Conference on Material yesterday in Hanoi.

Salt water intrusion has seriously affected the Saigon River this year, posing a risk to the daily supply of water for household use in HCM City.

The Prime Minister has issued an instruction requesting imperative measures to cope with saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta.

A consulting workshop to enhance water resource management and urban planning to respond to climate change was held in the central province of Ninh Thuan on March 10.

The Prime Minister has approved an aid package worth 523.7 billion VND (23.5 million USD) for 34 localities across the nation to address the consequences of drought and saltwater intrusion during the 2015-2016 Winter-Spring crops.

The 2016 Global Green Growth Forum Summit to be held in Denmark in this June will focus on energy, urban development and natural resources, said 3GF Special Envoy Geert Aagaard Andersen.

Salt water intrusion and drought in the early period of the dry season is already having dire consequences for the economy and people's lives in the Mekong Delta.

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on March 5 kicked off the 2016 Earth Hour which promotes how a small individual action can make a big influence this year.

Vietnamese primatologists and their foreign partners from Fauna & Flora International (FFI) have discovered more than 500 grey-shanked douc langurs, an extremely rare primate species, in the Central Highlands region.

In Hanoi, the air quality index on March 1 to 3 ranged from 114 to 388 and the particulate matter 2.5 was three times higher than national standards and seven times higher than WHO standards.

Wild animals are being kept in abject conditions in a private zoo in the southern province of Long An.

Specialists and policy-makers from Japan, Cambodia, the U.S., ASEAN member countries and Vietnam gathered in Hanoi on March 3 to join the opening ceremony of the 7th High Level Seminar on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (ESC).

Nine animals belonging to rare and endangered species have been released back into the wild at the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh.

Wildlife trafficking in Vietnam and the high demand for exotic meat, jewelry, medicine and even pets is a threat not only to bio-diversity, but also to public health, according to environment experts.

US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius talked to the Vietnam Investment Review Newspaper about US plans to support climate change adaptation activities in the Red River Delta region.

Vietnam is suffering its worst drought in nearly a century with salinisation hitting farmers especially hard in the crucial southern Mekong delta, experts said.