Environment

Rampant illegal exploitation of minerals have been contaminating thousands of square metres of agricultural land, harming the environment in Phu Tho Province.

Thai Binh province hosted an October 24 conference discussing the development of a low carbon emission economy and the goal of creating common foundations for green growth and poverty reduction.

An initial excavation found that tonnes of hazardous chemicals had been dumped surreptitiously by Nicotex Thanh Thai Company in Thanh Hoa Province.

The Asian Development Bank on Wednesday called on China and Japan to band together in fighting the disastrous effects of climate change, despite their diplomatic hostilities.

Dozens of people in Hai Duong City Province’s Chi Linh Town dumped soil and gravel in front of a local company in protest of their environmental violations.

A bout of choking smog that brought life to a standstill in a far northeast Chinese city for three days has dissipated, with flights resuming and students returning to school Wednesday.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has worked with a delegation from the Global Green Growth Institute to discuss water resources and green growth-related issues in the Mekong River region.

The Customs seized a truck illegally carrying nearly 800 pigeons from China to Vietnam across the border in northeastern Quang Ninh Province's border gate Mong Cai City on Sunday.

More than 300 elephants and other animals have died of cyanide poisoning by poachers in Zimbabwe's largest game park, a wildlife conservation group said Monday.

A flower bike parade was held in Nguyen Tat Thanh Square in the central coastal city of Phan Thiet, Binh Thuan province, on October 20 to call for maritime environment protection.

The Arex-13 exercise, rehearsing natural disaster response, will be held on October 23 in Ba Vi, Hanoi and involve 10 participating ASEAN countries.

Peru has dramatically increased its sales of shark fins to Asia, triggering the slaughter of about 15,000 dolphins a year used as bait, officials said Friday.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment sent three officers to central Thanh Hoa Province to direct the excavation of expired chemicals and pesticides dumped by Nicotex Thanh Thai Joint Stock Company.

Australian and New Zealand scientists Thursday said they have devised the "first rigorous framework" on deciding whether to relocate endangered animals threatened with extinction by climate change.

Vietnam’s annual average temperatures have risen 0.7 degrees during the past 50 years and sea levels have risen by 20cm, has told October 15’s second annual coastal forum.

One of Vietnam's leading conservationists has blamed the study "Rhino horn consumers, who are they?" released by wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC and the WWF in late September for subsequent misunderstandings over Vietnamese wildlife intentions.

The People's Committee of central Thua Thien Hue province has decided to expand a nature reserve zone for the saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), a species classified as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Vietnam has received a USD30-million grant from the Norwegian government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions due to deforestation and forest degradation.

Longer heat waves and strong storms are forecast to hit Vietnam in coming years, with long summer monsoon in the northern region to decrease, heard this year's third National Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation.