Environment

Sea levels are rising 60-percent faster than the UN's climate panel forecast in its most recent assessment, scientists reported.

The aquaculture has been threatened by the uncontrollable industrial production development which has caused serious pollution everywhere.

Energy usage contributes up to 35% of Vietnam's total greenhouse gas emissions, Dr Nguyen Thi Hien Thuan from the Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to manage greenhouse gas emissions and establish a carbon trading scheme.

Mui Ca Mau (Ca Mau Cape) National Park in the southernmost province of Ca Mau will be recognised as a new Ramsar site of the world and the fifth in Vietnam.

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.