Environment

Nearly 700 new polluters have been identified in HCM City, according to figures released by the city Department of Mineral Resources and Environment at a meeting with the city People's Council last week.

The first eco-plastic plant in Vietnam will be built in the Mekong Delta province of Long An, said Nguyen Hoang Duy, Head of Vietnam Plastic House Co Ltd, on Wednesday.

A severe drought, believed to have begun last year, was likely to continue till the middle of September throughout central Vietnam, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF) reported.

Farmers in the drought-hit central southern province of Binh Dinh have abandoned thousands of hectares of ruined paddy and are feeding the dead plants to their cows.

A master plan to conserve the environment and build infrastructure in Quang Binh Province's Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park by 2030 has just been announced in Dong Hoi City.

Eighteen months after being a severe drought, the central coastal province of Ninh Thuan yesterday declared a state of emergency, for the first time in its history.

Smoke from burning stacks of straw and waste in fields on the outskirts of Hanoi occurs annually, causing risks to people's health and traffic safety after every rice harvest.

The UN initiative aims to make the voice of ordinary people concerning climate change and energy issues heard by policymakers.

In a boost for hopes to curb climate change, China's greenhouse gas emissions will probably peak in 2025, five years earlier than its stated target, a study said Monday.

Erosion in many places in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has claimed about 500 hectares of land as authorities struggle to find effective answers.

Speaking on the occasion of World Environment Day (June 5) in Vinh Yen City, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai affirmed the entire nation should take steps to get more actively engaged in protecting the environment.

Unnatural and harmful fishing methods are depleting fish stocks in unsustainable ways across the country, but localities lack the means to stop them, a Tin Tuc report says.

Thousands of people in the central Quang Ngai Province's Hoa Binh Village earn money by recycling used tyres, regardless of the environment pollution and health risks.

New species of plants and creatures discovered in Vietnam -- 70 last year -- are already endangered.

Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh told participants at the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) yesterday that "it is time for us to take action" on the sustainable management of water resources and climate-change agreements.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has recommended that the Government should not lift the ban on the construction of an urban area in Dong Nai Province that involves massive encroachment into a major river.

The Prime Minister has approved a project to develop LED (lighting-emitting diode) lighting technology in Vietnam partly funded by the United Nations Development Programme via the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

Many localities in Vietnam continue to be blighted by illegal sand mining, which is damaging the environment and affecting local residents, with authorities seemily powerless to stop them.

All regions in Vietnam are likely to experience higher temperatures and less rain falls between June and August this year compared to the yearly average level, an agency has said.