Environment

A man in Thanh Hoa Province has raised at least 10 tigers without any proper actions being taken by local authorities.

Vietnam has taken the first step toward valuing its stores of natural resources – called its natural capital - a Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment representative said.

A super typhoon heading toward the Philippines gathered strength, though forecasters say it is too far out in the Pacific Ocean to predict the direct path of landfall expected this weekend.

The World Bank is funding a rural development project to help the Mekong Delta of Vietnam improve its climate change resilience.

The PM is taking important steps to cut carbon pollution and other greenhouse gases in Vietnam and throughout ASEAN.

Vietnamese scientists of the HCM City-based Southern Institute of Ecology have discovered four new camellia species in Vietnam.

Climate change is raising the threat of red-tail vipers as they are forced down from their natural tree habitats in provinces in central Vietnam in search of food, experts said.

Providing rescue and support services to livestock can help save the lives of both animals and people, and help populations recover more quickly afterwards.

In Peru, where two weeks of U.N. climate talks begin Monday, melting glaciers and more extreme weather such as hot spells and flash frosts are already harming crops and incomes, and keeping people in poverty, aid workers say.

Energized by new targets set by China and the United States, the world's top climate polluters, U.N. global warming talks resume Monday with unusual optimism despite evidence that human-generated climate change is already happening and bound to get worse.

All students at Thuan Mau Primary School in Dak Lak province have resorted to wearing gauze masks in class due to air pollution.

Countries that border the Mekong River can learn from Vietnam's excellent management of its Payments for Forest Environmental Services programme, said Luca Tacconi, Associate Dean of the College of the Asia and Pacific at Australia's Crawford School of Public Policy.

Problems in conserving biodiversity in Vietnam and measures to tackle them have been discussed at a workshop in Hanoi.

Climate change could set back efforts to bring people out of poverty, the World Bank has said.

Vietnam must improve its ability to control invasive alien species (IAS), participants said at a workshop in Hanoi on November 19.

Households living in vulnerable areas in the southernmost province of Ca Mau are being relocated to new resettlement areas.

China must make significant investments now to meet the targets of last week's agreement with the United States on greenhouse gas emissions, a senior US official said Monday, predicting a big impact on its economy.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has launched a four-year long project to restore the Lang Sen Wetlands Reserve in the southern province of Long An.

The Management Board of the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park has announced that they are taking care of six endangered animals seized from the illegal trade in wildlife in the central province of Quang Binh.