Environment

A shortage of clean water has hit residents in many of Hanoi's suburban districts, leaving them no choice but to spend over the odds on water or resort to using stagnant pond water.

The second Asia-Pacific Water Summit opened on May 19 in Chiang Mai province, Thailand , to seek answers to the world's drought, flood and wastewater problems.

Hanoi is getting hotter during the summers and experts have blamed the situation on the city's bad planning that prioritises concrete structures.

The trees that have earned Da Lat City the name 'city of a thousand pines' have been fast disappearing under the strains of urbanisation.

Rescuers have saved a wild elephant that fell into a trap at Yok Don National Park and would release it back into the wild after treatment.

Central Danang City has been recognized as one of the world's 20 low-carbon cities at a recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting on energy in Washington DC, USA.

A JICA-assisted project has helped build schemes and policies to manage water resources and protect water environment in some localities in Vietnam.

A hot low pressure is heading for the northern region of Vietnam from west, creating the first heat wave in the region this summer.

The Prime Minister has approved a master plan for the building of an extensive drainage and waste water treatment system in residential areas and industrial parks in the Nhue-Day river basin by 2030.

Hydro-electricity plants will adjust their operations to provide enough water for agriculture production and domestic use in the lowlands of Thu Bon-Vu Gia rivers.

A forum was held in Hanoi on May 9 to discuss measures to enhance investment and sustainable development in energy.

A young wild elephant has been caught in a poacher's trap in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak for three days, despite efforts by relevant authorities to free him.

Over-exploitation and rapid development of hydro-power plants have put several fish species in Vietnam on the verge of extinction.

An action plan on Biodiversity Conservation and Protection has been signed between the South African Ministry of Water and Environmental Affairs and the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Customs officers and border police at HCM City's Tan Son Nhat Airport have seized 7.28kg of African rhino horns being illegally smuggled into Vietnam.

The environmental protection programme for the 2011-2015 period in the southern province of Binh Duong is making good progress and expects to fulfill all targets by 2015, according to the province’s People’s Committee.

Demand for farmland may strip the Greater Mekong region of a third of its remaining forest cover over the next two decades without swift government action, a leading conservation group has warned.

A 3-4 degree Celsius fall in temperature is forecast for the northern region this month, the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting has warned.

A project on improving the Vietnamese industry and trade sectors’ capacity to control greenhouse gas emissions and increase adaptation to climate change has been recently launched in Hanoi.