Environment

Deputy PM, Hoang Trung Hai, assigned ministries and localities to make preparation plans in case of severe weather incidents this year.

National Assembly deputies proposed stricter regulations for waste materials imports while discussing the revised Environment Law at the ongoing seventh session of the 13th NA on May 30.

About 80 per cent of the eastern and western sea dykes in the southern province of Ca Mau, which are nearly 200km in length, had subsided, according to the provincial People's Committee, and more than 40km had slipped away.

Authorities in Hanoi have agreed to build 10 kilometres of water pipelines to bring water from the Da River to the capital city to alleviate serious water shortages in some areas across the city.

The Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will provide continued support for Vietnam’s preservation and protection of endangered wild animals, and effective implementation of the convention.

Increasing both regional and international cooperation in preserving biodiversity and countering illegal cross-border trade in endangered flora and fauna has been defined as a key mission of the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network.

The annual water shortage has affected thousands of residents in the southern province of Kien Giang's Kien Hai island district, but local authorities have no solution for the repeated situation.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has stopped investment in the State-owned Phuong Nam wood pulp mill in southern Long An Province after seven years of operation.

This morning, May 26, a wild bull went on a rampage in Dai Lanh Commune, Quang Nam Province, killing one and injuring three.

Awards were granted to 17 groups of students as part of the Youth for Wildlife Protection Competition by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on Thursday at a meeting organised in response to the International Day for Biological Diversity.

A water protection corridor will be established around hydropower and irrigation water reservoirs, and artificial lakes in urban and residential areas to prevent illegal encroachment, noted a draft decree.

Two giant pandas arrived in Malaysia from China on Wednesday after a one-month delay due to the missing Malaysian jetliner.

About 700 families living near TH Milk Food Joint Stock Company in central Nghe An Province will be evacuated, after being hit by horrible odour and pollution from the farm.

Authorities in Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang Ninh will move 143 out of 462 houseboats on Ha Long Bay to a new resettlement area on Thursday.

The Military Command in the southern province of Dong Thap has deployed nearly 100 soldiers to prevent and fight forest fires in Tram Chim National Park during the dry season.

Residents of My Long Ward in the Mekong Delta Province of An Giang asked local authorities for help dealing with environmental pollution from Long Xuyen fish market.

Environmental inspectors in Beijing are scrambling to keep pace with a rising number of cases as the city tries to impose tough new standards on thousands of polluting firms, highlighting the growing logistical problems facing China's war on smog.

One of 2014’s best meteor showers, with radiants reaching a zenithal hourly rate or ZHR of 1,000 per hour makes its appearance over the skies of Vietnam on May 24.

Philippine prosecutors has said they would charge nine Chinese fishermen arrested in disputed East Sea waters with environmental crimes, despite Beijing's warning of a dire effect on relations.