Environment

By the year 2050, more than 6 million people will die prematurely due to prolonged exposure to air pollution each yea, according to a recent study.

It is estimated that about 20 Indochinese tigers and nearly 100 Asian elephants are left in the wild in Vietnam, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City.

At least 103 irrigation lakes covering a total area of 875 hectares will be dug in and around HCM City to cope with flooding.

All countries around the world should join hands in reducing greenhouse gas emissions since climate change consequences are fiercer, an expert said at a policy discussion held by the French Development Agency in Hanoi.

HCM City authorities are speeding up the relocation of polluting factories from the downtown area and stepping up efforts to protect canals – many of which have been cleaned — to improve the living environment.

Seventy per cent of air pollution in Ha Noi is created by the endless streams of traffic, the Centre for Environmental Monitoring has reported.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai requested capital to disaster mitigation projects be prioritised while chairing a teleconference in Hanoi on September 14.

The central province plans to create a 7,900ha sea reserve off the coast of Ly Son island and Binh Chau commune before awarding it Global Geopark status.

Climate change and a reduction in sediment supply and river discharge along the Thu Bon River are the primary causes of coastal erosion in the central region, particularly Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An, speakers said at an international

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has asked agencies to curb deforestation which has wiped out 9,000 hectares of forest in the Central Highland province of Dak Nong.

The Da Nang government and the UK embassy held a workshop on September 9 to launch a project aimed at reducing greenhouse emissions using a tool called Calculator 2050.

Thirty-five experts from environmental organisations in Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam gathered yesterday to discuss water management and the effects of hydropower dams.

Farmers in Vung Tau City have dump thousands of dead fish outside local factories they maintain killed them by discharging untreated waste.

Deforestation is on the rise in the Central Highland province of Dak Nong's Dak Song District.

A conference was held in Hanoi on September 4 to introduce a project to build an urban climate change resilience index in Vietnam.

Police in Tay Ninh Province has fined a local private hospital VND1.4 billion for burying tonnes of medical waste in the area.

The current El Nino weather phenomenon is expected peak between October and January and could turn into one of the strongest on record, experts from the World Meteorological Organization said at a news conference on Tuesday.

The 13th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment is scheduled to take place in Hanoi from October 26 to 30, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Chinese border patrol officials seized 620 wild turtles and tortoises — 510 of them considered endangered — that were found alive in a shipment of frozen seafood from Vietnam, state media said Sunday.