Environment

The Ministry of Transport has asked the Government to further extend the deadline for cutting exhaust fumes of motorbikes to the beginning of 2017.

Vietnam River Network has called for the cancellation of a residential development on 8.4 hectares of reclaimed land beside the Dong Nai River in southern Dong Nai Province.

A huge forest fire broke out yesterday in Ham Rong Mountain of Pleiku City, in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, threatening the operation of two transceiver stations.

The capital city has saved over VND400m for turning off unnecessary lights for one hour during the Earth Hour on March 22.

Environmental protection fees paid to the Government by miners is supposed to be used by local authorities to offset environmental damage through revegetation and landscaping.

China's smog-hit capital Beijing has shut down the third of its four coal-fired power plants as part of its campaign to cut pollution, with the final one scheduled to close next year, the official Xinhua news agency said.

The government has requested Quang Ninh Province’s authorities to tranfer all the bears kept in local farms to the Vietnam Bear Sanctuary in Tam Dao District for better care.

Forest rangers at Son Tra Mountain in central Danang City are looking for a monkey that has recently attacked and injured some tourists.

The Ca Mau provincial People's Committee has approved a plan to lease out forests to develop eco-tourism and breed aquatic species.

A resort complex in northwest Laos targeting Chinese visitors has become a "lawless playground" for the trade in illegal wildlife ranging from tiger meat to bear paws, an advocacy group said Thursday.

Concerns have been raised about indoor air quality after dozens of people recently fainted at Big C Supermarket in Hanoi.

Hundreds of households in a village in southern Ben Tre Province are suffering from serious pollution caused by a nearby landfill.

The Hanoi-based Electricity of Vietnam launched an action month on March 16 to conserve electricity in response to the 2015 Earth Hour campaign.

Oil slicks have appeared again along the coast of Vung Tau city in southern Vietnam in what has become an unexplained annual phenomenon.

A workshop organised by the Women's Union of Hai Phong city to raise awareness about curbing demand for rhinoceros (rhino) horns was held on March 13.

A new indigenous flora species has been found in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park of central Quang Binh province, according to a statement from the park’s management board.

The State Bank of Vietnam and the World Bank have signed agreements for a total of US$450 million in loans and credits to help Ho Chi Minh City improve environment and sanitation.

Experts from Utrecht University of the Netherlands and Can Tho University have held a seminar to discuss solutions to landslide and land subsidence in the Mekong Delta.

Chairman of the Thue Thien-Hue People’s Committee met with a Chief Specialist of the Asian Development Bank regarding the Urban Development type II- Green City infrastructure project.