Environment

By 2020, Viet Nam intends to set up 41 nature reserves under the National Strategy on Biodiversity, officials announced at a recent meeting held by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

For many mountainous localities, water is something sacred, especially when local people are forced to use water from canals and even drainage ditches.

Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has asked the MoNRE to cancel the Dong Nai 6 and 6A hydropower projects due to environmental concerns.

Ten steel producers in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province have called for help from local authorities to treat the rising amount of hazardous waste from their production.

Livestock farming makes up 14.5 percent of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, the UN food agency said Thursday, proposing solutions like breeding less-flatulent types of cows.

More than 3,000 ha of Soc Trang City's mangrove coastal forest will be co-managed by local authorities and the Vo Thanh Van Hamlet coastal forest co-management group.

Authorities in Thanh Hoa Province were challenged by public concerns and doubts about their ability and credibility when a pesticide manufacturer dumped untreated chemicals into the area.

People in the central region have been facing with the serious environmental pollution after the recent flooding caused by a tropical storm.

Experts have urged Vietnam to beef up administrative efforts to manage over 90 non-native species posing threats to the national ecosystem and biodiversity.

People living near Song Tranh Hydropower Plant in Quang Nam have been worrying about their safety as the flood season comes.

The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has warned Typhoon Usagi will result in strong winds throughout the East Sea.

A series of activities were held on September 21 in Hanoi to mark World Rhino Day, which falls on September 22.

Medical waste and wastewater which are improperly treated are adding to health concerns and environmental pollution in Vietnam.

The owner of two hydropower projects in Dong Nai Province claimed that these plants would cause less harm to the environment than public concerns suggest.

Experts have confirmed that two wild animals attacking the village poultry in Lam Dong Province were leopards.

Nicotex Thanh Thai Joint Stock Company, which was recently found dumping untreated hazardous chemicals in the central province of Thanh Hoa's Cam Van Commune, received a fine of over VND421 million (US$20,000).

Local people in a village Lam Dong Province are concerned about the night-time loss of cattle and poultry to two wild animals.

The construction of the first waste-to-energy plant in Vietnam will begin on September 19, in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a workshop in Hanoi on September 17 to discuss ways of minimising the impact of climate change in the Mekong Delta region.