Environment

The number of plastic bags consumed in Vietnam will decrease by 65 percent as of 2020, compared to the previous decade.

Mui Ca Mau (Ca Mau Cape) National Park in the southernmost province of Ca Mau has received the certificate recognizing it as the 2,088 th world Ramsar site.

People who leave litter on streets or in urban drainage systems may be fined between VND500,000 and VND1 million, according to a draft decree.

Blue-green algae, a type of bacteria, has been detected for the first time in Tuyen Lam Lake, an attraction in Da Lat, a popular tourism destination in the Central Highlands, raising worries of water contamination.

Residents in the northern Ha Nam Province's Kim Bang District have just returned the endangered primate back to the Hoa Lu- Van Long special-use forest in the neighbouring Ninh Binh Province, local authorities announced.

Local people in Quang Binh Province’s Tuyen Hoa District have found the body of a dead elephant in Khe Uoi Forest.

A project to manage industrial pollution in the basins of Dong Nai, Nhue and Day rivers was launched in Hanoi on April 2.

Hydropower plants in the central province of Quang Nam have been urged to discharge water to prevent severe droughts in the area.

It has recently become public that the director of the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park used the park as collateral for a loan to develop a forest protection project.

Bulls in forests of Binh Phuoc Province are being threatened due to increased poaching and deforestation.

An international conference themed “Sustainable Built Environment For Now and the Future” opened in Hanoi on March 26 as part of activities to mark 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the UK.

The Dong Nai and Saigon rivers, the main supply of HCM City safe water, are facing more serious pollution.

A pilot project to build 100 flood-proof residential complexes for the poor has proved to be effective in the central province of Phu Yen.

Ten outstanding short films being screened for public voting as part of a competition run in this year’s Earth Hour campaign.

The 2013 Earth Hour campaign You and I, Together We Act kicks off today at the August Revolution Square in front of the Hanoi Opera House in Hanoi.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called countries sharing the Red and Mekong Rivers to cooperate closely together to use and manage water resources in a sustainable manner.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung expressed his hope to further promote cooperation with the Netherlands in coping with climate change and rising sea levels.

Vietnam will have a long summer and more storms than previous years, according to the National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Centre.

Only production plants which have environmental impact assessments should be allowed to be located in HCMC industrial parks, says a proposal by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.