Environment

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung allowed the use of an official development assistance package worth VND3 trillion (US$135 million) to carry out climate change adaptation projects during 2015.

Local residents tell many stories about loggers and those who burn forest for cultivation, but people in Ngoc Son – Ngo Luong Nature Reserve in the northern province of Hoa Binh have done the opposite, joining hands to protect

More than 70 foreign delegates are gathering in Binh Dinh province to examine ways to manage solid waste in a pro-poor, environmentally sustainable and economically viable manner in secondary cities and small towns in the Asia-Pacific region.

Vietnam is expected to be among the top 10 countries in the world most affected by climate change, according to the United Nations.

Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh and other world leaders delivered strong messages at the UN Summit, all unified on the necessity of preventing the bad effects of a warming climate.

Migrant and homeless children, children living in informal housing and children engaged in labour were more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in Da Nang.

A group of six Vietnamese secondary and high school students attended the first- ever World Youth Rhino Summit on September 21 – 23 at the Imfolozi Game Reserve in Kwa-Zulu Natal province, Republic of South Africa.

Land erosion is becoming severe in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, affecting the lives of thousands of people.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Natural Resources and Environment co-ordinated with the District 12 People's Committee to launch the city’s version of Clean Up the World campaign on September 21.

More than 310,000 people, including a number of celebrities and politicians, marched New York City on September 21 to bring attention to climate change.

Increasingly desperate South African conversationists are turning to a multi-national team of "rhino ambassadors" to try to end the scourge of poaching -- and Vietnamese pop diva Hong Nhung has been recruited for a good reason.

The National Assembly and Government need to review and adopt legal regulations to mitigate air pollution, a major contributor to the greenhouse effect.

The Halvo Ltd company of Japan has successfully tested its technology in Vietnam that will be used to purify water and treat waste water.

Air pollution in Singapore has risen to unhealthy levels, blanketing the city-state's skyline with clouds of smog from fires raging across giant rainforests in the neighbouring Indonesian island of Sumatra, officials said.

Typhoon Kalmaegi had directly affected the Tonkin Gulf and Vietnam's northern coastal provinces by 7:00pm on September 16, bringing heavy rain and whirlwinds, according to the Central Meteorology Hydrology Forecast Centre.

Tropical storm Kalmaegi, packing winds of up to 133 km per hour, is expected to bring heavy rains of 100 to 300mm in the northern region tonight.

Large swaths of forestland in the central highlands have been allocated to enterprises for management, but recently a number wrongdoings and violations have come to light.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is giving top priority to afforestation and reforestation projects in line with Vietnam's Support Programme to Respond to Climate Change.

Typhoon Kalmaegi entered the East Sea in the early morning of September 15, packing winds of 118-133km per hour, reported the Central Meteorology Hydrology Forecast Centre.