Environment

Two Vietnamese pop stars have been co-opted into South Africa's campaign to save the rhino so that they can help spread the message in East Asia where demand for rhino horn is huge.

More than VN46 billion (US$2.1million) will be spent this year to plant one million new trees in HCM City to increase green cover and beautify city streets.

The environment protection agencies of Vietnam and the US should strengthen cooperation in the areas of mutual concern, including biological technology development, pollution control, and environmental protection in the river basin.

Nearly 3,000 residents in Pho Thanh Commune of central Quang Ngai Province have been living with a foul stench and odorous wastewater leaking from a nearby waste treatment facility in Duc Pho District.

Hundreds of households in Quang Binh Province have complained that the noise and dust from a local factory has been making life difficult there for seven years.

Hundreds of households in the Hoi Trung resettlement area in Ha Tinh Province have been facing serious shortages of clean water as the water in the area is heavily contaminated.

A contest titled “Teenagers with wildlife protection” has been launched in Hanoi as part of activities marking International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22).

Lack of food has caused wild elephants in Nghe An Province to trample through a number of villages recently.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked affected localities to preserve water in reservoirs and dredge rivers, canals and wells to mitigate the impact of drought and saline intrusion in the southern and central areas of the country.

Vietnam will have a modern tool to measure its greenhouse gas emissions, helping it to effectively respond to climate change, according to the Vietnam Investment Review.

An adult male gaur (Bos gaurus) has been discovered wandering around the Sao La Nature Reserve buffer zone, and scientists plan to return him to the Nam Cat Tien Nature Reserve.

Germany will provide more official development assistance (ODA) for climate change, energy and environment programmes in Vietnam, particularly the Mekong Delta region, in the future.

Japan is cancelling its next Antarctic whaling hunt for the first time in more than 25 years, an official said Thursday, just days after the UN's International Court of Justice ordered an end to the controversial practice.

Vietnam has just announced a strategy for sustainable exploitation and use of natural resources and protection of the marine environment by 2020 with a vision to 2030.

The UN’s top court ordered Japan to temporarily halt its controversial annual Antarctic whale hunt in a landmark decision on Monday, rejecting Japan’s claim that the killings are for scientific purposes.

Leaders of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand will attend the second Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Ho Chi Minh City on April 5.

Soaring carbon emissions will amplify the risk of conflict, hunger, floods and migration this century, the UN's expert panel said Monday in a landmark report on the impact of climate change.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on March 28 signed a funding agreement in its headquarter in Rome,to provide US$34 million to help Vietnam cope with climate change.

Nearly 4,00ha of forest land illegally encroached on by farmers has been taken back for afforestation, the People's Committee of southern Tay Ninh Province has said.