Environment

The Vietnamese marine systems have been in a high danger, caused by the natural calamities and the human development activities.

Economic losses caused by natural disasters in Vietnam during 2008-2012 accounted for 1.5% of the country’s GDP, up 0.5% compared to the figure reported in the 2003-2007 period.

Hanoi needs a total of VND1.35 trillion (US$64.3 million) to deal with environmental pollution in surrounding trade villages from now to 2030, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.

The Sonadezi Long Thanh Company will pay the entire compensation it owes farmers in the southern province of Dong Nai Province today, local officials announced.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in conjunction with Australia ’s Monash University hosted an international seminar in Hanoi on June 5 to discuss policies to efficiently deal with climate change in Vietnam.

A ceremony was held in the central city of Thua Thien-Hue on June 5 to mark the World Environment Day.

UNESCO has refused to recognise Cat Tien National Park as a world natural heritage site due to its failure to meet the organisation’s requirements.

The awards ceremony for a student photo contest portraying environmental issues granted 11 prizes for best works.

Northern provinces will have 3-4 medium and heavy rains and 2-3 hot spells in June.

A waste water treatment plant with a treatment capacity of 17,650 cubic metres per day has been opened in the southern province of Binh Duong.

Local authorities in Ha Tinh Province have remained powerless as dozens of local households destroyed nearly 200 hectares of forest for farming.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung delivered a speech to open the second Ministerial Meeting of the Conference of Parties on the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response in Hanoi.

Forestry officials are working to prevent illegal logging hotspots in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai by raising the role of citizens.

A170-kilogram tiger illegally kept by a family in Nghe An Province has just been transferred to a rescue centre in Hanoi.

The forests along the Vietnam-Laos border were once home to many wild elephants. But today, barely 100 remain.

An official development assistance loan for the second phase of the Forestry Management Information System (FORMIS II) development project was signed in Hanoi on May 24.

This year’s International Day for Biological Diversity with the theme “Water and Biodiversity” was celebrated in Hanoi on May 22, highlighting the roles biological diversity and eco-systems play in water security and sustainable development.

A whale weighing around one tonne caught in a net offshore the central province of Quang Binh was rescued and safely released back to the sea on May 22.

The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has freshly approved a funding of 208 billion VND to preserve and develop Tram Chim National Park sustainably in 2013-2020.