Environment

The construction of the first waste-to-energy plant in Vietnam will begin on September 19, in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a workshop in Hanoi on September 17 to discuss ways of minimising the impact of climate change in the Mekong Delta region.

Vietnamese and French scientists have discovered a new species of scorpion in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan, according to the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources.

Clean technology from Sweden is expected to help Vietnam reduce environment pollution, save energy and cut down on business expenses, the deputy director of HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment said.

Farmers in Dak Lak are losing their crops as wild elephants from local forests continue to feed on their crops.

Groundwater is receding by 0.5-1 metre a year in HCM City, Nguyen Van Nga, head of the city's Natural Resources and Water Division, has warned.

Vietnam is estimated to lose around 1.5% of GDP due to property damage caused by natural disasters, one official said.

Vietnam must accept climate change as the biggest challenge facing the country and mankind as a whole.

China vowed Thursday to reduce levels of atmospheric pollutants in Beijing and other major cities by as much as 25 percent to try to improve their dire air quality.

Managers of Yok Don National Park in the Central Highlands have voiced their opposition to a hydropower plant project right inside the national park.

Southern Dong Nai Province will eliminate temporary rubbish dumps once all its planned waste treatment zones with plants and dumps begin operation, according to the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Only two out of 16 HCM City-based industrial hubs have set up centralised waste water-treatment ­­­­­systems, according to the city Natural Resources and Environment Department Director, Dao Anh Kiet.

A pesticide manufacturer in the central province of Thanh Hoa's Cam Van Commune has been closed for allegedly dumping untreated harmful chemicals.

Poachers have killed more than 600 rhinos in South Africa so far this year, figures showed Thursday, with losses close to the total number of animals slaughtered in 2012.

Hundreds of thousands of dead fish were left floating in a Chinese river after a chemical discharge, officials said Wednesday, the latest industrial accident to pollute the country's battered environment.

Local people in Hai Duong Province are calling on authorities to stop operation of a waste-recycling plant because it causes serious pollution.

In HCM City, a million trees have been planted on an area of 600ha in all 24 districts as part of a programme to increase the green cover.

The Marshall Islands symbolically disposed of confiscated shark fins at sea Tuesday in a ceremony witnessed by regional leaders attending the Pacific Islands Forum.

Several dozen people were injured when a tornado ripped through parts of eastern Japan on Monday, tearing off roofs and uprooting buildings.