Environment

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.

Many coastal areas in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are experiencing saline intrusion, threatening thousands of hectares of rice crops.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has approved a plan on the first biddings for mineral exploitation rights in 2015, which include minerals in four areas.

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh Province has begun legal proceedings against a violation of regulations on protecting animals in the list of rare species in accordance with Article 190 of the Penal Code.

Natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific region have cost almost 60 billion USD and claimed 6,000 live in 2014, according to a report from the UN’s Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

Several waste treatment plants in Hanoi's outlying districts of Dan Phuong, Phu Xuyen, My Duc, Ba Vi and Soc Son are expected to become operational this year.

A series of activities on climate change and energy have been launched by 350.org Vietnam aimed at raising people's awareness about the threat of a carbon bubble.

Adverse climate change could cost Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand at least US$16 billion per year in damage to natural resource assets and infrastructure services, a report has revealed.

Farmers in Dak To District's Tan Canh Commune claim they are forced to use polluted water pumped from the Poko River to water their coffee bushes.