Environment

The World Bank has approved a US$ 200 million IDA credit for the ongoing program to provide safe water for 1.7 million people in eight Red River Delta provinces.

A special kind of wood that is said to be rare and can discolor if the temperature and the light change is being hunted by people in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

An international conference has failed to agree on new marine sanctuaries to protect thousands of polar species across Antarctica.

Nearly 35,000 heads of educational institutions from kindergartens to universities nationwide will receive training courses to improve their awareness of climate change.

Authorities must tighten management on the use of timber in handicraft furniture villages to avoid waste and the use of illegal or low-quality materials, an expert said.

Restructuring and completing economic institutions for green growth is the major component of the national green growth strategy announced by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Due to industrial pollution and vehicles, HCMC is ranked among the world’s top ten cities for the worst air pollution in the world.

Travelers along the National Highway 1A are amazed seeing wild ancient trees sold along the road, pricing from a few dozens to a few hundreds of million dong.

Ongoing urban expansion and growth in the capital has necessitated the diversification of water sources from its long-term sole dependence on underground water.

The World Bank will lend Vietnam US$50 million to build waste water treatment plants and improve environmental policies in industrial zones in four provinces of Vietnam.

A tropical storm named Son Tinh has entered the East Sea and is forecast to gain strength in the coming hours.

The municipal authorities of Hanoi issued the Renewable Energy Development Program to boost the application of advanced technologies in exploiting renewable energies.

More than 90% of the medical waste from hospitals in HCMC is treated before discharging into the environment, said director of the local Department of Health.

Environmental experts have called for an end to forest wood exploitation in Vietnam after it emerged that 2012 plans for tree regeneration will fall well short of targets.

People now have to pay a heavy price for titanium ores. Schools, roads and jobs have been exchanged for seriously polluting the environment.

Asia's fast economic growth has increased the region's vulnerability to natural disasters, with new developments springing up in catastrophe-prone areas, the UN warned on Tuesday.

Australia said it was searching for a new aircraft landing site for planes supplying its three bases in Antarctica because the current runway is melting.

People have complained that Phu Yen Urban Environmental Hygiene Company has polluted the Cay Sanh stream in the area.

Environmentalists have expressed their concern about the fates of natural reserves, saying that the reserves have not been preserved for the purpose of biodiversity conservation.