Environment

The northern mountainous provinces have been urged to take prompt action to protect crops and livestock from a cold snap which is forecast to hit the region in the evening of December 26.

Residents around Sin Quyen copper mine in the northern province of Lao Cai have blamed mining operations for years of recurrent air pollution in the area.

Many people around two lakes in Hanoi have been lining up for their turn to use a type of exercise machine that helps purify polluted lake water.

A cave discovered near the source of Indonesia's massive earthquake-spawned tsunami contains the footprints of past gigantic waves dating up to 7,500 years ago, a rare natural record that suggests the next disaster could be centuries away.

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a climate change mitigation and clean water supply project worth more than 4.7 million euro (over VND134 billion).

The capital city of Hanoi will set up concentrated wastewater treatment systems at its 16 industrial clusters during the 2014-2015 period.

Over 3,900 people in Purworejo district of Indonesia’s Central Java province have been evacuated due to floods and landslides caused by seasonal downpours, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency reported.

Christmas Eve will be very chilly in Hanoi and the mountainous regions of the north may have snow and frost again when the temperature continues to fall.

Waste is piling up in the town of An Duong, Haiphong, because local authorities are unable to pay the waste management company for their services.

Local experts have urged HCM City authorities to better coordinate activities on climate-change adaptation as the city is one of 10 in the world that is most vulnerable to such changes.

Experts have pointed out that some climate change scenarios are not accurate, leading to misguided urban development plans in HCM City.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has just held a meeting with central and local Party agencies, various ministries and other organisations on the critical issue of wildlife conservation.

Green buildings are still rare in Vietnam though the country is among the 10 most vulnerable in the world to climate change and sea level rise.

Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment Schultz Van Hagen has handed over the “Mekong Delta Project” to Vietnam at a High level meeting on a shared framework for Mekong Delta Development.

A project aiming to strengthen national capacity to develop sound policies relating to natural resources management and environment protection was launched yesterday in Hanoi.

Heavy snowfall and thick ice layer covered O Quy Ho Mountain Pass in Lao Cai Province as temperature was recorded at minus one Celsius degree.

A survey conducted in Ha Giang Province, beginning in September, determined that 108 to 113 Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus avunculus) are living in the Khau Ca Species and Habitat Conservation Area.

The Mekong Delta coastal province of Tra Vinh has planted significantly more hectares of mangrove forest in a bid to recover its protective forest to adapt to climate change.

People in Quang Binh Province have accused three local cement companies of polluting the environment, which they claim has led to the deaths of 50-60 people yearly.