Environment

Some Beijing residents use smokestacks to predict smog: Smoke drifting gently upward means stagnant air where smog will accumulate, while smoke blowing away from the mountains indicates fresher winds and clear air ahead.

Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting Le Thanh Hai talked about the influence of El Nino and climate change on Vietnam.

China's capital issued its first-ever red alert for pollution on Monday, as a new blanket of choking smog was projected to descend on the city.

The Song Hong 2015 Half Marathon will be held at the Ciputra Urban Area in Hanoi on December 13 under the theme “Run for Rhinos”, with the goal of raising public awareness of rhino poaching to serve the demand

Increased traffic and on-going construction in Hanoi and HCM City have driven air pollution beyond safe levels, especially in terms of dust concentration.

At stake is hundreds of billions of dollars that would need to start flowing from rich to developing nations from 2020. However the developed nations have yet to fully commit to the financing deal.

Communities and businesses are getting involved in sustainable tourism to help protect Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba, managers of the sites said.

Industrial parks nationwide discharge more than a million cubic metres of wastewater each day, 75 percent of which is untreated and harmful, according to a workshop.

French PM Manuel Valls said France and Vietnam should support each other in responding to climate change during talks with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Paris on Nov. 30 on the sidelines of the COP21.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, together with Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Vice President of the World Bank Laura Tusk, co-chaired a high-level dialogue on responding to climate change in the Mekong Delta region held in Paris on

World leaders will launch an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold back the earth's rising temperatures, urging each other to find common cause in two weeks of bargaining meant to steer the global economy away from dependence on fossil fuels.

The People’s Committee of southern Long An province held a ceremony to receive a certificate recognising Lang Sen Wetland Reserve as a Ramsar site in Vietnam.

Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An is being threatened by chronic erosion.

Lang Co Bay, which has been recognised as one of the world's most beautiful bays by the World's Best Bay Club, is being damaged by illegal shrimp farms.

Keeping the environment clean is a key responsibility of every mineral exploitation company, especially as pollution recently made its way to the top of the government's agenda.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will participate in the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris from November 30 to December 1 at the invitation of French President Francois Hollande.

A project on boosting the capability of responding to disasters, sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is being implemented in the central region until March 2017.

The Hanoi Party Committee has directed relevant agencies and the Dong Da District to quickly deal with the polluted lakes in the area.

Scientists, researchers and officials from Quang Nam province and Da Nang city discussed the management of the Vu Gia-Thu Bon river basin in the Quang Nam-Da Nang coastal area.