Environment

The Tien and Hau rivers in the Mekong Delta have become deeper in recent years instead of having silt build-up like in years past, experts have said.

Up to nearly 70 tonnes of fish raised in floating cages along the Ma River in Thanh Hoa province have been found dead, causing major losses to local farmers.

Đặng Vũ Minh,15, and Đào Nhật Minh, two secondary school students in Hà Nội, have won a gold medal for their research on the red-shanked douc langur (Pygathryx nemaeus).

Data on forests will be collected by an electronic information system for decision making to design a strategy for forest development.

A Malaysian company, Chin Well Fasteners (Vietnam) Co. Ltd, has been accused of releasing untreated waste water into the environment.

Malaysia has called on ASEAN member countries to restart a high priority co-operation plan to reduce haze pollution in the region by 2020.

Hundreds of local people in Hanoi's Chuong My District have gathered to protest against a waste treatment plant project at the foot of Thoong Mountain due to fears of environmental pollution.

HCM City plans to reduce burying of solid wastes and improve waste treatment technologies by 2030, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment has said.

Hanoi authorities held a conference with international experts to address the impact of climate change and urbanisation on the capital's flood control capacity.

Forty-eight rare animals have been released into the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh, from the beginning of this year.

Conservationists and scientists have strongly called on the Government to stop allowing organisations and individuals commercially farming and trading endangered species in Viet Nam.

Medical and domestic waste from Nghe An Oncology Hospital has heavily polluted the local channel in Nghe An Province because of dilapidated infrastructure and out-dated treatment plant.

About 30 households in Ky Anh Town, Ha Tinh Province, have signed a letter of complaint against the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment over the mass fish deaths in central region.

A week on elephant protection was launched in Nong Son district, the central province of Quang Nam on August 3 with myriad activities.

Indian wildlife officers appealed on Tuesday for help in caring for eight rare baby rhinos feared orphaned by recent deadly floods in the remote northeast.

Police in the central province of Ha Tinh has decided to prosecute the illegal dumping of toxic waste of Hung Hiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company in the area.

The Vietnam National Meteorological Center has said that from now until the end of the year, seven to nine storms and tropical depressions will affect the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea).

Experts have expressed severe concern that alkaline spills in bauxite exploitation in the Central Highlands could lead to environmental disasters on the same scale as caused by Formosa's recent toxic waste discharge in the central region.

Customs officers at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport on July 31 discovered a passenger illegally trafficking in forbidden rhino horns from Africa.