Environment

Garbage dumped along dykes protecting Ly Son Island is polluting the water, killing coral, prawns and sea vegetation.

Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) are considered the most typical representatives for the biodiversity in Vietnam. However, 3/5 of the total saola individuals have disappeared.

Industrial zones are destroying the environment, killing rivers and creating "cancer villages" in which many residents have become fatally ill, says an official.

Donna, believed to be the world's oldest hippo, has died at the age of 62 after living more than two decades beyond the massive mammal's usual life expectancy, zoo officials said.

Drilling of the seabed off Antarctica has revealed that rainforest grew on the frozen continent 52 million years ago, scientists said Thursday, warning it could be ice-free again within decades.

Two thirds of the continental United States is now suffering from the most widespread drought since the 1950s.

There are currently 232 industrial parks nationwide,, but only 143 IPs, or 61%, have built wastewater treatment facilities, said the environment watchdog.

Hundreds of strange birds which have appeared in the northern mountain province of Dien Bien recently have been confirmed as the rare Asian openbill stork.

Average temperatures in northern central Vietnam can rise by 3.5 degrees centigrade and dry season rainfall reduce by 30 percent by 2100, according to a new report prepared by the MONRE.

Vietnam is preparing to build a detailed scenario on the effects of climate change and related rises in sea levels.

Thousands of demonstrators protesting against alleged pollution from a paper factory in east China clashed with police Saturday.

The Wildlife at Risk and the southern province of Kien Giang on July 27 put into operation the Hon Me Rescue Station in Hon Dat district.

The drought in America's breadbasket is intensifying at an unprecedented rate, experts warned, driving concern food prices could soar if crops in the world's key producer are decimated.

Chevron has been ordered to pay more than $19 billion in environmental damages, $1 billion more than originally decided, after an Ecuadoran court adjusted the amount on appeal, a source said.

The 12th meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Water Resources Management opened in Ha Long City in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh.

Vietnam expects to receive USD248 million of aid to its efforts to adapt to climate change this years, as all major international donors have now joined the Support Programme to Respond to Climate Change.

Representatives from non-governmental organisations and Vietnamese journalists reached an agreement for better communication on climate change.

Vietnam is among the countries that do the least to crack down on an illegal trade in animal parts, the WWF group said.

Pollution was spreading in the Dong Nai River Basin, the main source of water for 16 million people living in the area, including HCM City.