Environment

The People's Committee of Haiphong City and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on March 27 held a national seminar on green growth and green port city.

Domestic and foreign experts and policy markers joined a conference to discuss global solutions to transnational wildlife trafficking in Hanoi on March 24.

A comprehensive plan to improve green spaces, parks and gardens in the capital city has been announced by the Hanoi People's Committee.

Twenty Vietnamese artists have been cooperating to increase consciousness about the Earth Hour Campaign 2014.

Five tiger cubs were born to a 10-year-old Indochinese tigress at the Saigon Zoo in District 1 last month after a 104 day pregnancy.

Surging populations and economies in the developing world will cause a double crunch in demand for water and energy in the coming decades, the UN said on Friday.

The scorching sun and high temperatures have brought both uncomfortable weather and risks of fire for the residents of HCM City.

Vietnam may face severe weather this year, with earlier hot and severe droughts in the north and prolonged and serious flooding in the central and southern region, one expert said.

The protection forest along the coast of Tien Giang Province's Go Cong Dong District has become seriously eroded, endangering the lives of local residents and damaging farmland.

Meteorologists are predicting the number of storms and tropical low pressures the East Sea this year to drop to nine or ten, lower than the annual average, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecast.

The 2014 Earth Hour organising committee has worked with the Hanoi City Electricity Corporation to launch an action month on electricity saving at Trung Vuong secondary school in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi, as part of the Earth Hour campaign.

A Vietnamese man was caught on March 10 at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport while attempting to smuggle five African rhino horns weighing a total of 13.1 kg into the country.

Policy-makers and climate change experts from Southeast Asia have discussed ways of financing low-carbon green growth in the region at a workshop held yesterday in Hanoi.

Many people living on Dong Van Karst Plateau have been facing a serious water shortage although nearly 100 reservoirs have built under the government’s approval.

There is an imminent risk that the entire U Minh Ha indigo forest may erupt in flames, said southernmost Ca Mau province’s Agriculture and Rural Development Department Director Le Van Su.

The World Bank has said that Vietnam loses about US$780 million per year (equivalent to 1.3% GDP) due to poor sanitation.

About 16 of the 28 lakes at southern Binh Duong Province's Bien Hoa Airbase have been found to have dangerously high concentrations of dioxin.

The European Union is making steady progress towards its 2020 renewable energy target, a key effort in curbing the greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, official data showed Monday.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has sent an urgent instruction to several cities and provinces asking them to promptly strengthen inspections of fire-related agricultural practices in order to lower the risk of forest fire.