Environment

The Japanese Government on July 28 approved a grant of nearly VND13.5 billion in non-refundable aid to central Thua Thien Hue province for the second phase of a disaster risk mitigation and adaptation project.

Residents in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa have been suffering from high levels of pollution caused by hundreds of unregistered manufacturers operating in populated areas, according to the Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper.

A climate change adaptation project funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) kicked off in Tra Vinh province on July 25.

The population of large flying foxes (Pteropus vampyrus) living in the southern Ca Mau Province is facing depletion in its numbers.

The southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower with radiants reaching a zenithal hourly rate or ZHR of 20 will make its appearance over the skies of Vietnam in late July.

Another Asiatic black bear was recently recorded by one of the camera traps installed in central Quang Nam Province by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Thousands of people in Thanh Hoa Province have been forced to live in a polluted environment caused by a large landfill that has been operating there for ten years.

Vietnam's ever increasing demand is driving the development of renewable energy to help ensure the nation's energy security, while protecting the environment.

How to develop forest sustainably, adapt and reduce the impacts of climate change was discussed at a forum held in the central highland province of Lam Dong on July 18.

The Hai Phong Environment Protection Fund (HEPF) was officially put into operation on July 16 as part of efforts to build Hai Phong into a green, civilised and modern port city.

Air pollution has been a serious problem in HCM City for a long time now, but polluters face no serious punishment because of a toothless Environment Law and lack of adequate equipment to measure the pollution they cause.

Typhoon Rammasun, also known as Glenda, is on a path that leads to it making landfall in Nam Dinh and Haiphong, according to the latest bulletin from the National Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Centre.

The government of HCM City plans to remove two polluting waste-treatment plants out of the city by the end of 2020 upon the completion of a new waste-treatment plant in Long An Province's Thu Thua District.

The 21st Green Summer Campaign was kicked off throughout the country this weekend, in a bid to boost widespread youth volunteer activities.

A powerful storm, Rammasun, is churning through the waters off central Philippines and is expected to enter the East Sea in a couple of days.

Quang Binh provincial authorities on July 10 approved a plan on environmental improvement and urban infrastructure development to cope with climate change in Dong Hoi city, with total capital of US$38.8 million (Phase I).

A minor tsunami hit Miyagi prefecture in Japan early Saturday after a strong 6.8-magnitude quake jolted the country's northeastern Pacific coast, prompting advisories for regions including around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

The US Agency for International Development has launched its first ever biodiversity policy in Washington, under which Vietnam is identified as a priority country for biodiversity programming.

A Hanoi pharmaceutical firm tried to dump their thrown-away products onto grass fields instead of having properly treated as medical waste.