Environment

The Government has earmarked VND379 billion for two programmes this year to improve environment quality and the country's ability to cope with climate change.

Mali and Mauritania have become the latest countries to ban plastic bags in what appears to be a popular environmental gesture.

Waste from the mainland may be at fault for 70 per cent of marine pollution, according to the Sea and Islands General Administration of Vietnam.

Although the waste treatment plant at Hoa Phu in Vinh Long Province became operational at the beginning of this month, it is yet to open to business.

The sight of two dolphins twisting playfully in the murky waters of the Mekong river elicits barely stifled squeals of delight from a boatload of eco-tourists.

Vietnam and Indonesia have signed a memorandum of understanding on the protection of wild animals, including reptile, tortoise and pangolin.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project to prevent and control the import of alien species of flora and fauna into the country.

Hundreds of Phan Dinh Phung High School students have helped complete Vietnam’s largest plastic painting at an environmental event in Hanoi.

Development in Vietnam has relied too much on the exploitation of finite natural resources, an official of the environment ministry has warned.

The central province of Quang Nam launched a US-backed project worth USD400,000, to increase disaster-prone coastal communities’ resilience to natural hazards.

Scientists have discovered 36 new species in Vietnam, the Worldwide Fund for Nature has announced in its report.

The Asian Development Bank will provide US$212 million to continue a project improving water service delivery to more than three million Vietnamese people.

The nation's water resources are in danger of depletion and rising pollution levels, a problem with a potential for significant detrimental effects on socio-economic development.

Environmental conservation towards sustainable tourism in Halong Bay and its vicinity is being improved thanks to a project funded by JICA.

An international workshop took place in Phu Quoc island district in Kien Giang province to seek measures to conserve and promote the values of Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve.

The Yok Don National Park in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak is under threat from the Drang Phok hydro-electric power plant to be built on the Serepok River.

Several localities in the central and southern regions may face serious water shortages this year, an expert has warned.

Vietnam should take coordinated measures to actively cope with climate change between now and 2020.

About 60 hectares of forests in the core area of the Yok Don National Park in Dak Lak province would be eliminated when the Drang Phok hydropower plant is built.