Environment

Quang Binh provincial authorities on July 10 approved a plan on environmental improvement and urban infrastructure development to cope with climate change in Dong Hoi city, with total capital of US$38.8 million (Phase I).

A minor tsunami hit Miyagi prefecture in Japan early Saturday after a strong 6.8-magnitude quake jolted the country's northeastern Pacific coast, prompting advisories for regions including around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

The US Agency for International Development has launched its first ever biodiversity policy in Washington, under which Vietnam is identified as a priority country for biodiversity programming.

A Hanoi pharmaceutical firm tried to dump their thrown-away products onto grass fields instead of having properly treated as medical waste.

While authorities say that environmental pollution in craft villages is a result of low awareness among villagers, residents complain that local authorities solutions are ineffective.

After the rumoured appearance of wild bulls, an endangered creature in the area emerged, villagers in Phu Yen Province began searching for the animals, said to have left the forest to forage in their crops, just to catch a glimpse.

Hanoi is facing a serious shortage of clean water, as many water plants have been found to be supply water contaminated with toxic chemicals.

Several elephants that were used to serve tourists in central highlands Dak Lak Province have died for unknown reasons while grazing in the forest.

A powerful typhoon forced Japanese authorities to cancel flights and urge more than 100,000 people to evacuate their homes on Tuesday as the storm threatened to bring torrential rain and high winds to Japan's southern islands.

The Natural Resources and Environment Department of central Thanh Hoa Province temporarily suspended Nicotex Thanh Thai Company from treating 709 tonnes of pesticide-contaminated soil in Cam Thuy District's Cam Van Commune after local residents' complaints.

A blue swimming crab bank set up in Phu Quoc has helped fishermen improve their incomes while also conserving the species, a speciality of the island.

Leaders of Hoang Lien National Park is proposing to honour the groups of fir and rhododendron trees as Vietnam's heritage.

More efforts must be made to efficiently manage and use scarce water resources of the Mekong River as climate change and rapid development to produce electricity have threatened its sustainability.

Individuals and organisations wanting to exploit groundwater in areas where water levels have decreased for three consecutive years, are required to register with the local People's Committees by July 15.

Satellite images have found that Indonesia's ancient forests, a cradle of biodiversity and a buffer against climate change, have shrunk much faster than thought, scientists said.

Denmark is seeking cooperation with Vietnam in the energy sector on the back of its effective use of renewable energy.

Urban waste treatment should be handed over to private operators since public facilities have proved inefficient, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has said.

More than 86 percent of National Assembly deputies approved a draft revised Environment Protection Law on June 23 afternoon during the NA’s ongoing seventh session.

Parts of West Lake in Hanoi City have seriously deteriorated due to the waste of an increasing number of restaurants and shops.