Environment

Indonesian authorities have seized more than 650 critically endangered pangolins found hidden in freezers and arrested a man for allegedly breaking wildlife protection laws, police said Friday.

Air pollution in Singapore rose to the "unhealthy" level on Friday as acrid smoke drifted over the island from fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island, the city-state's National Environment Agency (NEA) said, in a repeat of an annual crisis.

The authorities in Mekong Delta region are struggling to deal with river bank and coastal erosion which is threatening the lives of many people.

The Red River is becoming increasingly polluted while local authorities are struggling to deal with the problems.

Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Co. Ltd, which was blamed for mass fish deaths along the central coast earlier this year, expects to fix all of its environmental protection problems by mid-2018.

Danang’s authorities have chosen red-shanked douc langurs as the city's symbol in the run-up to hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in 2017.

The world’s second largest population of the critically endangered Delacour’s langur was recently discovered by Fauna & Flora International (FFI), giving fresh hope for one of the planet’s rarest species.

The image of local government workers cycling around Hoan Kiem Lake to collect rubbish has become more familiar to Hanoians.

Substantial development measures in the water and energy sectors in Vietnam in the context of complex climate change will be discussed at international exhibitions in Ho Chi Minh City from November 9-11, 2016.

Officials in Ha Tinh Province are trying to avoid punishments after the mass fish deaths in coastal provinces with only one official receiving a reprimand.

While the northern-central coastal region has been described as now being safe for tourism activities since the Formosa environmental disaster, further research will be necessary before seafood from the area are safe, an official said.

Concerns about environmental pollution in Vietnam National Chemical Group’s DAP Dinh Vu Plant in Haiphong city were deepened when the local authorities’ investigation uncovered environmental violations during its operations.

The Animals Asia Foundation has transferred a sun bear in captivity for seven years since being a cub in the northern province of Nam Dinh, to the Tam Dao Bear Rescue Centre.

Luong Duy Hanh, head of Environmental Protection and Control Department, talked to DTiNews about the possible criminal offences at Hung Hiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company in relation to the mass fish deaths.

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.