Environment

An illegal trade network of dugongs and other marine species in Kien Giang Province's Phu Quoc Island has been detected by Wildlife At Risk following reports from local residents.

The central city of Hoi An on September 9 launched its first Car Free Day campaign, coinciding with its annual Nature Day in which over 5,000 people participated.

The restructuring of Vietnam's agriculture sector to become more adaptable to climate change is one of the top priorities in the country's socio-economic development plan, PM Nguyen Tan Dung said.

Despite the strict regulations, minerals still have been illegally exploited and exported every day in the southern province of Binh Duong.

The polluted environment surrounding 47 trade villages nation-wide is set to be gradually removed under the National Target Programme on Environmental Pollution Improvement.

Ha Tinh Police found four live tigers in a car in the biggest-ever illegal tiger shipping ring in the province to date.

The southern province of Binh Duong has recently discovered several cases of illegal dredging.

The fact that two elephants were killed in the Yok Don National Park has once again raised the worries about the safety of the wild elephants in Vietnam.

Tens of cubic meters of waste water from a rubbish dump in Hoa Binh City pour into the Da River each day, which is the water supply source for the capital city.

The total forest area burnt down between January and August amounted to 1,915 hectares, two times higher than the same period last year, said the Forest Protection Department.

Experts and scientists have underlined the importance of planting vertiver grass to prevent erosion, curb pollution and stabilise river banks and sea dykes, paramount in Vietnam's battle against sea erosion.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a new urban development plan for Hanoi, which includes upgrades to parks and green spaces.

A proposed dam that would flood part of a national park in western Thailand represents a "significant new threat" to the kingdom's tigers, wildlife group WWF warned.

The Cook Islands has announced the creation of the world's largest marine park, as the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) opened with a spectacular Polynesian welcoming ceremony.

A rare black-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix nigripes) was found dead in a bag thrown onto the road by a driver in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.

The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has melted to its smallest point ever in a milestone that may show that worst-case forecasts on climate change are coming true.

The latest report by the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC has claimed the record-high rhino poaching in South Africa is being fed by a surging demand from Vietnam.

The Australian Embassy announced a new partnership with six international non-profit organizations to help Vietnam address climate change at the community level.

Muong Hoa Valley, a famous tourist attraction in Sapa, is under imminent threat of being destroyed due to the development of local hydropower projects.