Environment

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.

The only remaining Pinta Island tortoise and celebrated conservation icon passed away Sunday, the Galapagos National Park Service said in a statement.

Vietnam ’s 16 economic sectors need almost USD7.6 billion for environmental protection, especially the aquatic sector with USD1 billion needed.

The first phase of HCM City Environmental Sanitation Project is expected to be completed by the end of this month, as scheduled, according to the project management board.

Efforts to stop Myanmar's tigers being hunted to extinction are under threat from a civil war raging in a region, experts warn.

World leaders gathered in Rio weighed steps to root out poverty and protect the environment as the UN chief warned that "time is not on our side" for fixing a mounting list of problems.

Mining companies will have to deposit at least 15 per cent of their committed costs for environmental rehabilitation and restoration prior their mineral extraction.

Suffering from the terrible smell, hundreds of households in Lang Co town in Thua Thien Hue province have to seal the manholes of a waste water treatment project.

Authorities in HCM City this month are conducting an inspection of medical waste-treatment management at local health facilities.

Nearly 57 percent of the sea area around Kien Giang Province's Phu Quoc Island is affected by coral bleaching.

250 stations will be installed to collect harmful wastes in HCMC under the harmful waste collection week project drafted by the local Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Talks on a new global charter to protect the environment and eradicate poverty were heading into overtime as officials admitted they faced a battle to seal a deal ahead of a UN summit.

Vietnam has been warned about the rising social and environmental challenges, called the “natural resource curse.”

Australia announced plans to create the world's largest network of marine parks to protect ocean life.

A renewed bid to rally the world behind a common environmental blueprint opened in Rio de Janeiro against a backdrop of discord and economic gloom.

Though the budget for environment protection has increased by two folds in 2006-2011, dealing with the environment pollution remains a difficult task for the whole society.

A cap-art exhibition organised in HCM City displayed colourful pictures with messages related to environmental protection.

Wastewater from millions of households in HCMC is the major cause of pollution of the Sai Gon River, a study carried out by Spanish experts has found.

Scientists have urged to take actions to revitalize coral reefs, warning that Vietnam should not dream of developing tourism with barren seabed.