Environment

Dense smog shrouded Beijing on Saturday, with pollution at hazardous levels for a second day and residents advised to stay indoors, state media said.

Thousands of rare animals have been discovered being illegally kept captive in more than 300 households in southern Ca Mau Province.

Dong Nai Museum is showing over 1,000 fish facing extinction to raise people's awareness of the need for environmental protection.

The Vietnam Environment Administration announced the country's biggest polluters, after inspections last year revealed over 100 companies breaking environmental laws.

The Government has earmarked VND379 billion for two programmes this year to improve environment quality and the country's ability to cope with climate change.

Mali and Mauritania have become the latest countries to ban plastic bags in what appears to be a popular environmental gesture.

Waste from the mainland may be at fault for 70 per cent of marine pollution, according to the Sea and Islands General Administration of Vietnam.

Although the waste treatment plant at Hoa Phu in Vinh Long Province became operational at the beginning of this month, it is yet to open to business.

The sight of two dolphins twisting playfully in the murky waters of the Mekong river elicits barely stifled squeals of delight from a boatload of eco-tourists.

Vietnam and Indonesia have signed a memorandum of understanding on the protection of wild animals, including reptile, tortoise and pangolin.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project to prevent and control the import of alien species of flora and fauna into the country.

Hundreds of Phan Dinh Phung High School students have helped complete Vietnam’s largest plastic painting at an environmental event in Hanoi.

Development in Vietnam has relied too much on the exploitation of finite natural resources, an official of the environment ministry has warned.

The central province of Quang Nam launched a US-backed project worth USD400,000, to increase disaster-prone coastal communities’ resilience to natural hazards.

Scientists have discovered 36 new species in Vietnam, the Worldwide Fund for Nature has announced in its report.

The Asian Development Bank will provide US$212 million to continue a project improving water service delivery to more than three million Vietnamese people.

The nation's water resources are in danger of depletion and rising pollution levels, a problem with a potential for significant detrimental effects on socio-economic development.

Environmental conservation towards sustainable tourism in Halong Bay and its vicinity is being improved thanks to a project funded by JICA.

An international workshop took place in Phu Quoc island district in Kien Giang province to seek measures to conserve and promote the values of Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve.