Environment

Hundreds of households in a village in southern Ben Tre Province are suffering from serious pollution caused by a nearby landfill.

The Hanoi-based Electricity of Vietnam launched an action month on March 16 to conserve electricity in response to the 2015 Earth Hour campaign.

Oil slicks have appeared again along the coast of Vung Tau city in southern Vietnam in what has become an unexplained annual phenomenon.

A workshop organised by the Women's Union of Hai Phong city to raise awareness about curbing demand for rhinoceros (rhino) horns was held on March 13.

A new indigenous flora species has been found in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park of central Quang Binh province, according to a statement from the park’s management board.

The State Bank of Vietnam and the World Bank have signed agreements for a total of US$450 million in loans and credits to help Ho Chi Minh City improve environment and sanitation.

Experts from Utrecht University of the Netherlands and Can Tho University have held a seminar to discuss solutions to landslide and land subsidence in the Mekong Delta.

Chairman of the Thue Thien-Hue People’s Committee met with a Chief Specialist of the Asian Development Bank regarding the Urban Development type II- Green City infrastructure project.

Serious drought is afflicting the central, central highlands and southern regions of Vietnam with rainfall down to 20-70 that of last year.

A Kenyan police officer has been arrested with a piece of illegal rhino horn worth tens of thousands of dollars on the black market, wildlife officials said.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoang Quan and Mayor of the Netherlands’ Rotterdam Ahmed Aboutaleb signed a memorandum of understanding for a co-operative programme on climate change from 2015-2018.

People will be able to send authorities information about forest safety with their mobile devices in six provinces, under a project launched in Hanoi.

The Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre rescued a wild elephant trapped at the Yok Don national park, the park said.

Construction work started on a wastewater treatment plant in southern Binh Duong province, which will benefit over 400,000 local residents.

Dry weather and diseases could affect the quality and quantity of northern provinces' rice yields, agricultural experts warned at a recent conference in Hanoi.

Nestled among hundreds of identical white and brown two-storey homes crammed in this neighborhood for factory workers is a house with a trick - one not immediately apparent from its green-painted drywall and grey shade panels.

Authorities said that four more bears have died in a private farm in Ha Long city in Quang Ninh Province.

The Operation Game Change (OGC) programme was launched in Hanoi on March 3, calling for joint efforts from the entire community to counteract wildlife crime.

Ensuring water-resource security and balancing supply and demand of using water was identified as key missions this year for the National Council on Water Resources.