Environment

Authorities are investigating the death of 44 tigers, three lions, and a panther at two private zoos in the two southern provinces of Dong Nai and Long An over the past month.

Vietnam Airlines has launched the “Bay nhe toi Con Dao” (flying lightly to Con Dao) campaign, with an aim of reducing carbon emissions.

A man has just been detained for illegally transporting 17 long-tailed monkeys in the southern island of Con Dao.

A new cold air mass combined with a low-pressure trough crossing the North Central region is anticipated to cause widespread heavy rain across northern and north-central localities of Vietnam.

Low-lying neighbourhoods in Nepal's capital Kathmandu were inundated by surging floodwaters on Sunday after ferocious monsoon rains that police said had killed at least 101 people around the Himalayan republic.

Farmers in the Central Highlands City of Dalat have been called for gathering abandoned pesticide packaging containers to exchange for gifts, which has proved an effective way to protect the environment.

Fines of between VNĐ900 million-1 billion (US$36,600-40,700) have been proposed for discharging domestic solid waste which contains radioactive substances, causing environmental contamination.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Đỗ Hùng Việt co-chaired the panel discussion “Adaptation, finance and resilience in relation to sea-level rise” with special envoy of the French President and Ambassador for the Poles and Maritime Issues Olivier Poivre d’Arvor.

Fifteen wild animals including many belonging to rare and endangered species have been released back into the wild at the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh.

Authorities of the southern province of Vinh Long have fined a company VND9.6 billion (USD391,836) for illegal sand mining on a local river.

After the devastation of Typhoon No. 3, Ha Long Bay faces a severe environmental threat as massive quantities of debris from damaged aquaculture rafts accumulate in the water.

A gigantic amount of waste has covered Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh following Typhoon Yagi.

Thien Cam, the nicest beach in the central province of Ha Tinh, has been left in ruins after Storm Soulik.

HCM City’s waste collection on rivers, canals, and ditches mainly depends on manual labour, and needs to be replaced with technology to improve collection efficiency.

A light cold spell bringing heavy rain is forecasted to hit Vietnam's northern region from Saturday evening.

A woman in the central province of Quang Ngai has been fined over VND160 million (USD6,531) for destroying a protective forest.

The central province of Ha Tinh is vulnerable to widespread flooding due to heavy rain and water discharges by hydropower reservoirs.

Beaches in the central city of Danang have been covered by rubbish following Storm Soulik.

A rare pangolin has been found giving birth in a tree hollow near a residential area in the southern central province of Binh Dinh.