Environment

A programme aiming to help small- and medium-sized enterprises stave off consequences brought about by natural disasters was launched in Hai Phong port city on May 15.

The children in Dong Mai Village of Hung Yen province exposed to lead poisoning are expected to receive medical treatment but they may become ill again as their living environment cannot be improved.

A US-Vietnam clean energy conference was held in Ho Chi Minh City on May 14 to discuss smart energy solutions for the Southeast Asian country, drawing some 150 experts, officials, and entrepreneurs from the two nations.

Police in southern Ca Mau Province have arrested two local men for allegedly burning 10ha of Lower U Minh forest while gathering honey.

Scientist and experts have renewed their calls to the National Assembly and the Government to take prompt actions to save the Dong Nai River in Dong Nai Province.

3 Sunda pangolins (Manis javanica) have arrived safely at the Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Program - Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW) after being rescued from animal traders in Hoa Binh province.

Two families of endangered monkeys were stolen from a zoo in central France over the weekend, the sanctuary's director told AFP late on Monday.

Central and southern provinces in Vietnam are working hard to cope with risks of forest fires and saltwater intrusion resulting from the ongoing dry season.

More than a hundred families living near the Tu Hu 1 Canal in Hau Giang Province are suffering from various diseases caused by its polluted waters, and the owners of two new fish farms are being blamed.

Severe weather conditions, especially heatwave and storms, are likely to affect the country till October, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has said.

Education for Nature – Viet Nam (ENV) and its Bear Ambassador, singer My Linh, yesterday celebrated ten years of progress in working to end bear farming in Viet Nam.

A series of tornadoes swept central Nghe An Province over the past week, causing property damages of more than VND28bn.

Prolonged drought has caused severe damage worth tens of billions of Vietnamese dong to farms in the southernmost province of Ca Mau, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Two black Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) are safe on the mainland after a remote island rescue on May 5 from captivity on Ba Mun Island, in Bai Tu Long Bay in Quang Ninh province.

Individuals and organisations that import waste materials for production purposes must pay security deposits up to 20 per cent of the imported goods' value from the middle of next month.

Vietnam has the fourth highest number of clean development mechanism (CDM) projects in the world and it has received the ninth highest number of certified emissions reduction (CER) units.

The Son Tra Nature Reserve in central Danang city, known for its rich biodiversity, is home to 200 Red-Shanked Doucs - a kind of langur that was declared endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2013.

Animals Asia has announced that it will rescue two moon bears from a remote island on the outskirts of Bai Tu Long Bay, just north of the country’s most iconic tourist destination, Halong Bay.

The agricultural and rural development departments in three south-central provinces said they were not planting the summer-autumn rice and several crops due to prolonged drought.