Environment

The number of days with harmful air quality in Hanoi increased in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period of last year, according to a study conducted by the Hanoi-based Green Innovation and Development Centre.

Cool weather is likely to hit northern Vietnam thrice in the first half of May, only able to cause heavy rain, according to National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecast.

The An Giang Province People’s Committee has asked the Government for VNĐ123 billion (US$5.4 million) worth of emergency aid to deal with the aftermath of the severe landslide along the Vàm Nao River two weeks ago.

Despite guard booths by forest rangers set up at all roads leading to the forest, many big trees have been stolen from the Cuc Phuong National Park in Thanh Hoa Province.

Dong Thap Province People's Committee has declared a state of emergency in Binh Hoa Hamlet as erosion is threatening hundreds of households.

Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company in the central province of Ha Tinh has completed 52 out of 53 environmental protection tasks required of it after violating regulations on environmental protection.

Con Dao Island is currently implementing marine turtle conservation and is home to the largest population of natural sea turtles in Vietnam. Around April to October every year, visitors arriving on Con Dao Island have the opportunity to experience

People in the central province of Quang Binh have released rare animals back into the wilds of nearby Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.

The Mekong Delta may lose half of its land to erosion because of rampant sand exploitation.

Customs officers at Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport have seized 3 kilos of suspected rhino horn brought from Myanmar on April 25.

Hanoi has just inaugurated its first industrial waste-to-energy facility in Nam Sơn Waste Treatment Complex, supplying electricity to the national power grid.

Phu Yen Province approved the destruction of nearly 116 hectares of forest to build a golf course despite having no legal documents to go ahead.

Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are struggling to reach the target of having wastewater treatment systems at all export processing zones, industrial parks and industrial complexes by 2020.

Local authorities of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai seized more than 1,600 items suspected to be made from ivory.

Disadvantaged groups are not benefiting from the new Law on Forest and Development, experts said at a conference Wednesday in Hanoi on amendments to the fifth draft of the Law on Forest and Development.

Dozens of paintings featuring the rhino have been made on many streets in HCM City which aims to raise awareness in protecting the endangered animal.

HCM City has decided to drain some water from the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal to reduce pollution and save the fish.

The 6th meeting of the Vietnam-Netherlands intergovernmental committee on climate change adaptation and water management took place in The Hague, the Netherlands.

About 264 people were killed and 1,000 injured as the consequences of natural disasters and weak hydropower plant management in 2016 according to a Monday conference.