Environment

Local people in a village in Ha Tinh Province are facing serious coastal erosion due to the dredging activities at the Vung Ang Port.

A rare southern right whale covered in what appear to be shark bites has washed up on an Australian beach, exciting scientists who Thursday said it will help boost knowledge of the species.

A Forest Police Force will be in charge of patrolling and managing forests, under new plans proposed to the Government by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The second phase of the United Nations’ “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” projects has been officially launched in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has awarded the 2013 Vietnam Environmental Award to the Nung ethnic community in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang for their solutions in protecting, preserving and developing their natural resources.

Fifty-nine more endangered sea turtles hatched on Quy Nhon beach in the central province of Binh Dinh under close supervision of a group of local volunteers.

In a desperate bid to preserve a critically endangered species, a US zoo is taking the controversial step of trying to mate brother and sister captive Sumatran rhinoceroses.

Swiss researchers said Thursday that people really do have a hard time getting a good night's sleep when the moon is full, even when they can't see it.

Sewage treatment has become a serious issue for residents in Hanoi's Chuong My District despite several temporary projects to deal with the issue during the last three years.

More than 500 South African rhinos have been killed this year, official figures showed Wednesday, amid strong demand for horns on the Asian black market.

Hundreds of residents in Yen Binh town, northern Yen Bai Province, have been forced to struggle with the stench from a nearby waste dumping station every day for the past ten years.

The illegal trading of rare animals online has become more popular in Vietnam and is now out of control.

Vietnam lacks a comprehensive strategy to cope with coastal erosion, which is recognised as one of the major consequences of rising sea levels, experts have warned.

Authorities in Nha Trang City has requested Khatoco’s tobacco plant to halt operations until a solution is found for the environmental damage.

Two chemical producing factories in the northern province of Hai Duong have been operating without licenses, causing environmental damage to the farming district of Kinh Mon.

Hundreds of residents of a village in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa have been calling for a solution to environmental pollution caused by a tobacco factory.

The Asian Development Bank has selected the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Hue city in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to benefit from its technical assistance project offering disaster risk financing solutions to cope with climate change.

Palaeontologists in Utah on Wednesday said they had found the fossil of a strange horned dinosaur which roamed an island continent known as Laramidia.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Tuesday announced the country's divisive fixed-price carbon tax will be scrapped a year ahead of schedule in favour of a market-driven emissions trading scheme.