Environment

Vietnam is preparing to further enhance its green credentials on the world stage by joining the global carbon market after 2020.

A project to reduce fumes from motorbike fuel exhausts has been prepared and is expected to be submitted to the PM by the end of this year.

Anti-whaling activists said Thursday there would be demonstrations in Tokyo and eight other cities around the world this weekend against Japan's hunt.

An agreement was signed to provide aid to Danang City in order to create a study on how best to respond to climate change.

The southern province of Kien Giang needs more than USD44 million to cope with climate change, according to the German International Cooperation.

With the annual flooding not occurring in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta this year, salination has become a major problem affecting agriculture as well as water supply.

The volume of greenhouse gases causing global warming rose to a new high last year, the UN World Meteorological Organisation said.

The WB warned that global temperatures could rise by four degrees this century without immediate action.

The most important air monitory equipment in HCM City have got “retired” after a long working period.

The World Bank approved a $9.76 million grant to support Vietnam’s efforts in phasing out Hydrochlorofluorocarbons.

NGOs have co-funded a project to improve understanding about climate change among Hanoi’s primary school pupils.

Student Dang Huynh Mai Anh has become one of the three winners of the Bayer Young Environmental Leader Award 2012.

Climate change is suddenly a hot topic again. The issue is resurfacing in talks about a once radical idea: a possible carbon tax.

Asia's cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters as they struggle with poor planning, population explosions and climate change, the ADB warned.

Sixteen wild animals, all listed in the Vietnamese Red Book of endangered species, have been rescued from household cages in HCM City in a joint effort by authorities and journalists.

China's endangered giant pandas are now face the risk of losing their staple food, bamboo, to climate change, a report said.

The impact of proposed hydropower plants on the eco-system of Cat Tien National Park in southern Dong Nai Province is concerning scientists and the public.

1153 places nationwide have been found as getting polluted due to the plant protection chemical residues.

Making the corrupt use of the loopholes in the current laws relating to the temporary import for re-export later, a lot of enterprises have illegally imported hazardous industrial waste.