Environment

Eighteen Bengal tigers and a large number of rare animals can walk freely in Phu Quoc Safari on Vietnam’s largest island, Phu Quoc, in Kien Giang Province, while visitors ride in specialized buses to see wild animals running outside.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked relevant agencies to bolster their preparations against extreme weather like typhoons, prolonged drought and massive floods, as they are forecast to hit Viet Nam heavily in the next five years.

Japan will help Hanoi to improve its water quality through a project on non-chemical treatment for underground water.

The Hung Yen Province Police yesterday said they have seized an automobile that was transporting more than 80 pangolins that weighed more than 300kg in all.

Pollution caused by rotten products and wastewater has become alarming at the Long Bien Market, the biggest wholesale market of the northern region, reported Thoi Bao Kinh Doanh (Business Times) Newspaper.

The impact of the Paris Agreement reached at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) on Vietnam and the country's preparations for implementing the deal were analysed and discussed at

Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing a loss of crops as severe saline intrusion has occurred earlier than normal this year.

Over 2 million households in Ho Chi Minh City joined a family electricity saving programme from 2013 to 2015, helping save about 1.35 billion kWh of electricity, announced the city’s steering committee for power supply and savings on January 26.

Viet Nam's geographic location near several fault lines puts it at risk for moderate to severe earthquakes, according to seismologists.

Blistering heat blanketed the Earth last year like never before, making 2015 by far the hottest year in modern times and raising new concerns about the accelerating pace of climate change.

The northern and north central region is likely to have cold weather during the Lunar New Year holiday while fair weather is forecast for the southern region, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said.

An official from Nam Dinh Province has defended the decision to allow local people to butcher the corpse of a whale that died in the province.

While the amount of ash discharged by coal-fired power plants has increased in Vietnam, the country still lacks guidance and policies to support enterprises in managing this waste, experts said.

Vietnam declared to host the third International Wildlife Trade Conference in Hanoi this November.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai have just signed a decision to establish a 7,900ha sea reserve off the coast of Ly Son island and Binh Chau commune.

Thousands of ha have been destroyed and nearly 15 thousand ha are facing saline intrusion, according to Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper.

The War on Pangolin Crime campaign has been launched by the Education for Nature-Vietnam as an urgent response to protect the species from massive and unabated exploitation to meet demand from consumers in Vietnam and China.

Vietnam may face difficulties in power generation this dry season as El Nino has led to reservoirs running out of water in the central regions, the Vietnamese Group of Electricity said.

Nha Trang Sao JSC has been fined VND200m (USD9,500) for illegally encroaching on waters of Nha Trang Bay and violating environmental regulations.