Environment

Japan is cancelling its next Antarctic whaling hunt for the first time in more than 25 years, an official said Thursday, just days after the UN's International Court of Justice ordered an end to the controversial practice.

Vietnam has just announced a strategy for sustainable exploitation and use of natural resources and protection of the marine environment by 2020 with a vision to 2030.

The UN’s top court ordered Japan to temporarily halt its controversial annual Antarctic whale hunt in a landmark decision on Monday, rejecting Japan’s claim that the killings are for scientific purposes.

Leaders of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand will attend the second Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Ho Chi Minh City on April 5.

Soaring carbon emissions will amplify the risk of conflict, hunger, floods and migration this century, the UN's expert panel said Monday in a landmark report on the impact of climate change.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on March 28 signed a funding agreement in its headquarter in Rome,to provide US$34 million to help Vietnam cope with climate change.

Nearly 4,00ha of forest land illegally encroached on by farmers has been taken back for afforestation, the People's Committee of southern Tay Ninh Province has said.

The People's Committee of Haiphong City and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on March 27 held a national seminar on green growth and green port city.

Domestic and foreign experts and policy markers joined a conference to discuss global solutions to transnational wildlife trafficking in Hanoi on March 24.

A comprehensive plan to improve green spaces, parks and gardens in the capital city has been announced by the Hanoi People's Committee.

Twenty Vietnamese artists have been cooperating to increase consciousness about the Earth Hour Campaign 2014.

Five tiger cubs were born to a 10-year-old Indochinese tigress at the Saigon Zoo in District 1 last month after a 104 day pregnancy.

Surging populations and economies in the developing world will cause a double crunch in demand for water and energy in the coming decades, the UN said on Friday.

The scorching sun and high temperatures have brought both uncomfortable weather and risks of fire for the residents of HCM City.

Vietnam may face severe weather this year, with earlier hot and severe droughts in the north and prolonged and serious flooding in the central and southern region, one expert said.

The protection forest along the coast of Tien Giang Province's Go Cong Dong District has become seriously eroded, endangering the lives of local residents and damaging farmland.

Meteorologists are predicting the number of storms and tropical low pressures the East Sea this year to drop to nine or ten, lower than the annual average, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecast.

The 2014 Earth Hour organising committee has worked with the Hanoi City Electricity Corporation to launch an action month on electricity saving at Trung Vuong secondary school in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi, as part of the Earth Hour campaign.

A Vietnamese man was caught on March 10 at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport while attempting to smuggle five African rhino horns weighing a total of 13.1 kg into the country.