Environment

Weather forecasters have warned there is a strong possibility that typhoon Utor will affect Vietnam after pounding China’s Leizhou Peninsula and Guangdong province.

The U Minh Thuong National Park in the southern province of Kien Giang has been given "heritage" recognition.

Hanoi's Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control yesterday opened Thanh Liet Floodgate to discharge water from Nhue River into To Lich River, to ease rising flood waters and prevent flooding in the nation's capital.

Authorities and people in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang have been equipped with fundamental knowledge about climate change and its risks through an Oxfam-funded project.

The Forest Protection Division in Dak Nong Province has granted licenses to 50 farms to raise wildlife for profit in an effort to conserve endangered species.

A flock of more than 7,000 “Oc” storks have moved in the Tram Chim National Park in the southern province of Dong Thap, the park’s director Nguyen Van Hung said.

Education for Nature-Vietnam has launched a new website that will help people identify rare wild animals being targeted by the illegal animal trade.

The Mekong River Basin has experienced increased climate and flood variability in recent decades, according to a new research report from a doctoral student at Finland's Aalto University.

The PM has just approved the National Strategy for Bio-diversification till 2020, with a vision toward 2030.

Local people in a village in Ha Tinh Province are facing serious coastal erosion due to the dredging activities at the Vung Ang Port.

A rare southern right whale covered in what appear to be shark bites has washed up on an Australian beach, exciting scientists who Thursday said it will help boost knowledge of the species.

A Forest Police Force will be in charge of patrolling and managing forests, under new plans proposed to the Government by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The second phase of the United Nations’ “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” projects has been officially launched in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has awarded the 2013 Vietnam Environmental Award to the Nung ethnic community in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang for their solutions in protecting, preserving and developing their natural resources.

Fifty-nine more endangered sea turtles hatched on Quy Nhon beach in the central province of Binh Dinh under close supervision of a group of local volunteers.

In a desperate bid to preserve a critically endangered species, a US zoo is taking the controversial step of trying to mate brother and sister captive Sumatran rhinoceroses.

Swiss researchers said Thursday that people really do have a hard time getting a good night's sleep when the moon is full, even when they can't see it.

Sewage treatment has become a serious issue for residents in Hanoi's Chuong My District despite several temporary projects to deal with the issue during the last three years.

More than 500 South African rhinos have been killed this year, official figures showed Wednesday, amid strong demand for horns on the Asian black market.