Environment

Efforts are needed to protect and use water resources sustainably or the world will run short of water for use, delegates warned at an international workshop in Hanoi on February 26.

A 200 million USD credit to help improve safe water supply and sanitation in the Red River delta was signed by the WB in Vietnam and the State Bank of Vietnam in Hanoi.

China's environment ministry has acknowledged the existence of "cancer villages", several years after widespread speculation first began that polluted areas were seeing a higher incidence of the disease.

Fire is devastating the Bac Bien Ho protective pine forest in Phu Hoa Town, Chu Pah District in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

Mekong Delta will face a shortage of fresh water as well as increased saline-water intrusion during the dry season, according to the Central Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Centre.

Almost one in five of the world's reptile species are in danger of extinction, a report said.

Vietnam will be the first destination for the export of its cutting edge environmental information technology, said Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

Scientists have urged New Zealand to take immediate action to protect the critically endangered Maui's dolphin, amid extinction warnings by 2030.

People living near the Tien River in Dong Thap Province have been facing the threat of landslides and the other bad effects of erosion as a result of sand dredging.

The Sonadezi Long Thanh Company confirmed that it would pay the entire compensation it owed farmers in the southern province of Dong Nai yesterday, local officials announced.

Furry crabs once thought to be damaging the Great Barrier Reef may in fact be helping save the coral by stopping the spread of disease, a researcher said.

Dyke erosion and forested areas cut down for shrimp ponds are destroying farmland and affecting the livelihood of local residents in coastal areas in Tra Vinh Province.

The National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Center has said that river level is quickly receding due to dry weather in the northern and central regions.

Vietnam is looking for solutions to ensure energy security after scientists warned that climate change would have strong impacts on energy demand and supply in the country.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the UNDP are in coordination to carry out a project aimed at enhancing disaster risk management capacity in a large part of Vietnam.

The largest landfill in Vinh Long Province has caused environmental concerns for the surrounding communities.

The Forest Protection Department is warning below average rainfall and a prolonged dry season may threaten more forest fires in many provinces and cities nationwide.

Many scientists of southern cities and provinces have called for a new approach to climate change adaptation that would be tailored to each specific region.

Fears that most of the Earth's species will become extinct before they have even been discovered by science are "alarmist", according to an international study.