Environment

The Prime Minister has approved an aid package worth 523.7 billion VND (23.5 million USD) for 34 localities across the nation to address the consequences of drought and saltwater intrusion during the 2015-2016 Winter-Spring crops.

The 2016 Global Green Growth Forum Summit to be held in Denmark in this June will focus on energy, urban development and natural resources, said 3GF Special Envoy Geert Aagaard Andersen.

Salt water intrusion and drought in the early period of the dry season is already having dire consequences for the economy and people's lives in the Mekong Delta.

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on March 5 kicked off the 2016 Earth Hour which promotes how a small individual action can make a big influence this year.

Vietnamese primatologists and their foreign partners from Fauna & Flora International (FFI) have discovered more than 500 grey-shanked douc langurs, an extremely rare primate species, in the Central Highlands region.

In Hanoi, the air quality index on March 1 to 3 ranged from 114 to 388 and the particulate matter 2.5 was three times higher than national standards and seven times higher than WHO standards.

Wild animals are being kept in abject conditions in a private zoo in the southern province of Long An.

Specialists and policy-makers from Japan, Cambodia, the U.S., ASEAN member countries and Vietnam gathered in Hanoi on March 3 to join the opening ceremony of the 7th High Level Seminar on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (ESC).

Nine animals belonging to rare and endangered species have been released back into the wild at the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh.

Wildlife trafficking in Vietnam and the high demand for exotic meat, jewelry, medicine and even pets is a threat not only to bio-diversity, but also to public health, according to environment experts.

US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius talked to the Vietnam Investment Review Newspaper about US plans to support climate change adaptation activities in the Red River Delta region.

Vietnam is suffering its worst drought in nearly a century with salinisation hitting farmers especially hard in the crucial southern Mekong delta, experts said.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has announced it has assigned the Department of Water Resources Management the task of making thorough preparations for the 2016 World Water Day celebrations.

Ninh Thuan Province’s lakes and reservoirs have already dried up even though the dry season has just begun.

Hundreds of tiny turtle hatchlings emerge above a Philippine beach at night and immediately look to the sea, hoping to beat huge odds and start a remarkable trans-oceanic journey lasting decades.

Vietnam is one of the countries most vulnerable to impacts of climate change, the United States Ambassador (US) to Vietnam Ted Osius said.

HCM City residents could face a water shortage this year as El Nino and climate change caused an unexpected increase in the salinity of the Sai Gon and Dong Nai rivers, which provide most of the city's water.

Prolonged dry weather has raised the risk of fires in 12 provinces to Level V (extremely dangerous).

Many environmentally friendly products such as biodegradable packages and non-baked bricks have been in the market for years, but the enterprises that produce these products are having a hard time developing them.