Environment

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment introduced the first Biennial Update Reports (BUR1) of Vietnam to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at a workshop in Hanoi on January 23.

Bears are starving to death, being kept in horrifying conditions, are ill treated and lack medical care on bile farms in Ha Long City, Animals Asia says.

A new project titled ‘Strengthening Capacity and Institutional Reform for Green Growth and Sustainable Development in Vietnam’ (CIGG) was launched at a workshop in Hanoi on January 21, seeking to boost the country’s efforts in accelerating green growth.

Efforts to prevent local residents from living on houseboats in Ha Long Bay have largely failed due to a lack of aquaculture planning and management. Their continued presence has some concerned that they will continue to contribute to Ha

Hanoi is to get a National Museum of Nature after the government approved a proposal by the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

Ha Bac Chemical and Fertilizer Company has been fined VND350m for polluting the Thuong River with an accidental discharge of untreated waste water, Bac Giang Province authorities said.

The Prime Minister has approved the allocation of VND3,000 billion or US$140.6 million from the State budget in 2015 for climate change projects.

Energy efficiency solutions in construction and increasing the number of green buildings were a focus of an international workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on January 16 about building a city of low-carbon emission.

Afforestation and the development of wood products for the domestic market and export has become an effective production method, helping millions of famers in mountainous areas improve their lives.

In response to the “Earth Hour” campaign which will take place from 20.30 to 21.30 pm on March 28, a launching ceremony of “Turn off the lights, turn on the ideas 2015″ contest and “I ride a bike today”

The exponential growth of the information technology industry in recent years is posing a significant risk to the environment, as the disposal of electronic equipment waste rapidly expands.

A project to replace 500 old air conditioners with ones equipped with inverter technology at HCM City-based 115 People's Hospital began on Thursday as part of a green-hospital model in Vietnam.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho planned to move 2,514 households residing in erosion-prone areas to safer places before 2020, said Pham Van Quynh, director of the Municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

A fertilizer plant in Bac Giang Province has been accused of seriously polluting a local river, causing a mass die-off of fish and threating the health of the local populace.

The Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee has issued a decision on a VND97.8 billion investment to build a clean water supply facility in Trung Hoa commune, Truong Yen, Chuong My district to help people in the outlaying district access clean water.

As many as 2,000 copies of posters and calendars to highlight the importance of Owston's civet conservation in Vietnam have been distributed to forest protection departments in 63 provinces and cities and 20 offices working in nature conservation throughout

HCM City has devised several solutions to adapt to global warming and achieve green growth and sustainable development by 2020, including a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 2 to 3 per cent per year.

Nineteen localities in the country are on high alert for forest fires due to prolonged dry weather, the agriculture and rural development ministry's Vietnam Administration for Forestry warned.

A nature conservation centre in Danang City has organised education trips for students to learn about wild animals in local forests.