Environment

Hanoi aims to put an end to flooding in the city’s centre by 2015.

Severe droughts and floods rocked the world as greenhouse gas levels climbed, boosting the odds of some extreme weather events, scientists said.

Warnings have been repeatedly given to the government of Vietnam over the last many years, after scientists realised the harsh impacts of humans on the special-use forests nationwide.

Prolonged temporary settlement, low compensation for land, and environmental pollution are among some major voter concerns that will be discussed at the HCM City People's Council meeting.

More than 20 tonnes of rare wild animals were returned to their natural habitat by the Forest Management Department of southernmost Ca Mau province at U Minh Ha Vo Doi National Park.

More than 85 percent of reefs in Asia's "Coral Triangle" are directly threatened by human activities such as coastal development, pollution, and overfishing, a new report warned on Monday.

The central province of Quang Nam has implemented measures to prevent drought and saline-water intrusion and mitigate damage to rice and other crops.

South Korea came under pressure from outraged governments and environmentalists to scrap plans to kill whales under a "scientific" research programme denounced as a sham.

Greenpeace activists protested plans by Indonesia to build Southeast Asia's biggest coal power plant, saying it would sully coastal waters and strip the livelihoods of fishermen.

Nghe An Province mobilised more than 70 police to clear rubbish after the locals protests against a dumping ground project.

If sea levels rise by 2 metres, up to 92% of the Mekong Delta region’s total area will be innundated, according to a new report.

The world's whale body narrowly agreed to extend whaling rights for indigenous peoples in the United States, Russia and the Caribbean but opposition mounted to a hunt in Greenland.

Despite the fund of USD7.6 billion, may enterprises don't have wastewater treatment system, or those that they had were inefficient.

University students in HCM City who have been chosen as envoys for an international programme have developed plans to improve primary-school students' awareness about sanitation and environmental protection.

According to the Ministry of Health, 56 percent of hospitals in Vietnam do not have wastewater treatment systems.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a $180 million disaster management project.

A national project to explore and assess the management of sea resources and the environment was able to yield important results, including building centres to cope with oil spills.

Thousands of households in Quang Binh Province have been forced to use unhealthy filtration systems.

Chinese merchants have been hunting for ironwood and many other precious timber in Quang Binh province. Prior to that, they hunted for sua wood in many central provinces.