Environment

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Minh Quang has just returned from a six day visit to Cuba where he joined representatives from over 60 countries around the globe attending an international environmental conference.

Chiang Mai is experiencing the worst drought crisis in two decades, with dams expected to last until August.

A baby giraffe has just been born at a private zoo in southern Binh Duong Province.

Indonesian police posing as wildlife buyers have arrested a suspected trafficker for selling protected eagles on Facebook, an official said Wednesday.

A seminar on urban green growth in Hanoi advocated for more awareness among investors and policymakers.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed to the Prime Minister to raise forest environment service fees on companies producing drinking water and hydroelectricity.

Tropical storm Egay has brought flooding, stranded passengers in several ports, cut power supply, and caused the canceling of domestic flights in the Philippines.

New measures to protect sea turtles are needed as their number has fallen sharply because of human impact and economic development, delegates heard at a conference on July 3 in the central province of Ninh Thuan.

The central Quang Ngai Province's forest management department began legal procedures today to shift a grey-shanked douc langur to the northern Ninh Binh Province's Cuc Phuong Endangered Primate Rescue Centre.

Heavy rains and lightning are expected to hit the northern region tomorrow afternoon, giving local residents a respite from the extremely hot weather that lasted nearly a week.

A conference highlighting the significance of marine protection in sustainable seafood development was held in the central province of Ninh Thuan.

An internationally-funded climate change response project in the Mekong Delta province Tien Giang has proved effective, providing local authorities and residents with a fundamental understanding of the issue.

Hundreds of people were sent to control a fire that broke out yesterday and destroyed more than 5ha of a pine forest in Nghe An Province's Yen Thanh district.

US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has said her visit to Vietnam on June 29-July 1 aims to boost the US-Vietnam cooperation in the fight against wildlife trafficking, including elephant, rhino, sea tortoise, tiger, and pangolin.

Nguyen Vinh Lien, Head of the municipal Department of Irrigation, has called on units to speed up upgrades to embankments, irrigation systems and flood-proof initiatives to ensure maintained agricultural production during this year’s flooding season which starts from July

Policymakers and experts gathered at Can Tho City on Friday to discuss and propose an inter-provincial policy for the sustainable management of sediment in the Mekong Delta region.

Hundreds of precious perfumed trees (Pterocarpus macrocarpus) in Chu Mom Ray National Park have been felled. Local authorities knew nothing about the incidents until they were informed by media.

Close co-ordination between agencies is needed to safely manage PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) in Vietnam, according to officials yesterday at a meeting in Hanoi.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is planning to remove the eastern cougar from the endangered species list after determining the subspecies has likely been extinct for 70 years.