Environment

Vietnam will attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent in the agriculture and forestry sectors by 2020, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Only 70% of Hanoi's household waste is collected for treatment, leaving stagnation in most of the capital's rural areas.

Forest fires blamed on the unseasonably hot weather have devastated swathes of forestry and agricultural land across the country.

Illegal sand exploitation is causing serious landslides and damaging farm land along the banks of the Luoc River in Thai Binh Province’s Diep Nong Commune.

An international air survey has announced that Vietnam is rated 123rd out of 132 nations, and its ranking is forecast to drop even further in the future.

Scientists from the HCM City Agriculture-Forestry University have discovered vanilla orchids in Khanh Hoa Province. This is the first time this species is found in Vietnam.

A hundred people gathered in Dong Nai Province to protest the pollution from discharged waste.

A factory with a daily capacity of recycling 9 tons of plastic bags into PO and DO fuel began operations in the central city of Da Nang.

Vietnamese and German experts gathered in Hanoi to share experience in human resource training and waste treatment in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has submitted the draft of the National Tiger Conservation Programme by 2022 to the Prime Minister.

Experts are worried that Cat Ba Island's environment might be destroyed if 40 million cubic metres of mud from a harbour project are dumped into the ocean.

Environmentalists have called on residents and authorities in the northern province of Lai Chau to stop the killing of migrating storks, which are protected under international law.

Dak Lak and Dak Nong Provinces have leased forest land to enterprises to grow rubber trees, manage and protect the forests, but the green forests have been seriously devastated.

Wild elephants could disappear from Vietnam's Central Highlands permanently as deforestation has destroyed their habitat and source of food needed for survival.

Polar bears diverged from their closest relatives 600,000 years ago, far earlier than previously thought, suggesting more challenges in the face of climate change, scientists said.

Climate change has caused a 2% loss in GDP, and the threat of much higher losses looms as the earth warms.

Red tides appeared around Cat Ba Island since March, triggering concerns about their harmful effects on the environment.

China says 16 endangered finless porpoises have been found dead since the beginning of the year and experts blame water pollution and climate change.

Scientists’ research works have warned that tsunami is a real risk for Vietnam, and that this needs further through research.