Environment

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has urged HCM City to reduce the use of plastic bags to protect the environment.

Denmark is willing to share its experiences in climate change adaptation with the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, a representative of the Danish Embassy said.

Asia-Pacific scientists are gathering in Hanoi to seek ways to further advance development of the Asia-Pacific Mercury Monitoring Network and facilitate cooperation among key monitoring stakeholders in the region.

Local authorities in Thanh Hoa Province have just released a rare sea turtle caught by fishermen back into its natural environment.

Participants discussed ways to integrate climate change response and disaster risk reduction into socio-economic development at a two-day workshop that wrapped up on Friday in the Mekong Delta's Tien Giang Province.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given his stamp of approval for an unprecedented renewable energy project utilising wind power, with funds mainly provided by the German Government.

Rising sea levels over the last decade caused the disappearance of many beautiful beaches and protected forests in the central province of Quang Nam and are now encroaching on coastal residential areas in Nui Thanh district and Hoi An City.

Renewable green energy will be created from organic waste discharged in industrial-agricultural activities in the Mekong Delta region through a new project funded by the Japanese government.

People living in apartment buildings of the capital's new urban areas are expressing concern over poor-quality tap water.

A rescue and conservation centre was opened in Hoang Lien National Park in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on August 28.

The World Bank (WB) has provided 44 billion VND (2.1 million USD) for the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap to improve its medical waste treatment.

The ban followed a request last month by Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai who is concerned about environmental pollution of the surroundings, including water supplies and good farm land.

The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta should make efforts to control floods that are unseasonably early or too powerful to minimise damage and take advantage of the phenomenon for economic development, experts have said.

The World Bank (WB) will cooperate with Vietnam to ensure that progress made in living standards over past years continues and the country achieves sustainable economic development consistent with a Green Growth Strategy.

Hanoi needs about VND11 trillion (US$522.3 million) to implement a solid waste treatment plan to 2030 and with a vision towards 2050, which was signed by Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.

Over 4,500 hectares of forest in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong have been being destroyed for years, while local authorities said they know nothing.

Vietnam has recorded 250 flash floods and landslides from 2000 through 2014, which left 646 dead or missing and 351 injuries nationwide, a report said.

A German-funded forestry programme in Vietnam has just been completed after nine years of implementation.

The authorities in Vietnam is trying to find ways to deal with 7,000 litres of toxic waste that have been stored near Halong Bay for seven years.