Environment

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.

More than 843 tonnes of untreated toxic waste illegally dumped by Nicotex Thanh Thai Company in central Thanh Hoa Province's Cam Van commune have been excavated.

Hundreds of flights were delayed or cancelled on Friday in China's commercial hub of Shanghai as record levels of air pollution shrouded the city in smog, prompting authorities to issue the highest level of health warning.

The German Society for International Cooperation and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development met in Hanoi on December 6 to review the implementation of a German-funded Vietnamese forest biodiversity preservation project.

Australian researchers said Thursday they had established the existence of vast freshwater reserves trapped beneath the ocean floor which could sustain future generations as current sources dwindle.

Flood tide in HCM City on December 4 night rose to 1.68 metres, only one month and a half after first hitting this record level on October 21.

The UN's new Green Climate Fund (GCF)opened its headquarters in South Korea on Wednesday, facing the key challenge of funding its mission to support low carbon projects around the world.

The flood tide in Ho Chi Minh City is forecast to reach 1.68m on December 5 and 6, a record level in the past six decades.