Environment

Vietnam's largest troop of langurs (pygathrix cinerea) are flourishing in the National Kon Ka Kinh Park in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

National Assembly deputies from Dong Nai have called for a renewed Environmental Impact Assessments report prepared for two controversial power plants intended to be built in the locality.

As sea level rises, encroaching on the shores of Phu Thuan Commune in Thua Thien Hue Province, many households have yet to be relocated.

Fourteen species of rare fish have been discovered in caves in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, in the central province of Quang Binh.

HCMC local authorities are calling for the investment in the project to recycle sludge, which would not only help clean the environment, but also generate useful products.

Catastrophes like Japan's 2011 tsunami cost the world over $3.5 trillion over the last 30 years, a conference heard, as the World Bank called for better disaster planning.

Over the last three years, the people living along the Vu Gia – Thu Bon River have been struggling hard with floods in rainy season and facing the drought in the dry season.

"Vietnam has huge potentials for green and renewable energy, including solar, wind, biomass and hydropower to replace traditional ones," said an official from Energy Institute's Renewable Energy and Clean Development Mechanisms Centre.

An Australian research team said they have found an effective way to kill the destructive crown-of-thorns starfish that are decimating coral reefs across the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Work on the construction of a waste water treatment station at Bay Mau lake in the city’s largest green park started on October 7, helping improve the capital city’s environment.

Vietnam may need more time to prepare for implementing the emission reducing REDD+ initiative as many stakeholders are still getting to grips with the concept and its importance.

Natural disasters in the first nine months of this year left 229 people dead or missing and 355 others injured, and caused damage totalling 3.2 trillion VND, the General Statistics Office has announced.

Australian scientists are using military technology for locating submarines to track rare blue whales hundreds of kilometres away by eavesdropping on their distinctive songs.

The Tay Nguyen Steering Committee has urged the Government to ban natural forest exploitation in the region by early next year to protect and preserve the picturesque Central Highlands.

A lot of solutions to the industrial waste water management have been suggested, but the hazardous waste still has been discharged directly into the environment.

Vietnam was enduring adverse affects to the environment after 25 years of economic development, said environmental experts.

Vietnam was enduring adverse affects to the environment after 25 years of economic development, said environmental experts.

The Australian government admits the Great Barrier Reef has been neglected for decades after a study showed it has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years.

Hanoi People's Committee Vice Chairman Tran Xuan Viet has urged the city's Agriculture and Rural Development Department to finalise a plan to protect and develop forests in the expanded city.