Environment

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.

Vietnam gives top priority to adapting to climate change to minimize the consequences of floods, tidal surges, salt infiltration, and landslides, says Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.

Vietnam is one of few countries in the world home to species of primates which are at risk of extinction and in need of urgent protection, told an October 9 international conference.

Police in Nepal have arrested 14 rhinoceros poachers including the alleged mastermind of a cross-border smuggling ring, a national parks official said Monday.

The animal protection organisation Wildlife At Risk and the Phu Quoc Island Preservation Zone together launched a campaign in the island district on October 6, calling for the protection of Dugongs and other rare marine animals in danger of extinction.

ASEAN has called for more protection to be offered to critical ecosystems in the region in the face of increasing environmental fears.

Marine scientists warned Thursday that our oceans are declining more rapidly than previously thought -- becoming ever warmer and more acidic and losing oxygen at an alarming rate.

Understanding ecological risks (Ecological Risk Assessment or ERA) created by climate change is part of an approach to help communities understand the problems.

Domestic and foreign experts attending a seminar on October 1 have debated ways to improve climate change adaptation and natural resource management in Vietnamese coastal areas.

The Cat Tien National Park has received two lorises that are listed in Vietnam's Red Book.

By 2020, Viet Nam intends to set up 41 nature reserves under the National Strategy on Biodiversity, officials announced at a recent meeting held by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

For many mountainous localities, water is something sacred, especially when local people are forced to use water from canals and even drainage ditches.

Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has asked the MoNRE to cancel the Dong Nai 6 and 6A hydropower projects due to environmental concerns.

Ten steel producers in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province have called for help from local authorities to treat the rising amount of hazardous waste from their production.

Livestock farming makes up 14.5 percent of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, the UN food agency said Thursday, proposing solutions like breeding less-flatulent types of cows.

More than 3,000 ha of Soc Trang City's mangrove coastal forest will be co-managed by local authorities and the Vo Thanh Van Hamlet coastal forest co-management group.

Authorities in Thanh Hoa Province were challenged by public concerns and doubts about their ability and credibility when a pesticide manufacturer dumped untreated chemicals into the area.

People in the central region have been facing with the serious environmental pollution after the recent flooding caused by a tropical storm.