Environment

The World Bank Board of Directors approved a US$70 million credit project from the International Development Association to help Vietnam tackle climate change challenges.

Some lakes and ponds in Hanoi have disappeared during the urbanisation, while many others are getting narrowed, and many of them are getting seriously polluted.

Globally endangered green turtles are enjoying a baby boom on remote Philippine islands, environment group Conservation International said.

Hanoi has begun to modernise old air-quality monitoring stations this year under a plan approved by the Hanoi People's Committee.

Across southern Florida, rabbits, raccoons, bobcats and foxes have been disappearing at dramatic rates over the past decade, and invasive Burmese pythons are to blame, a US study said.

The Ramsar Convention’s Secretariat has reached an agreement to recognise Cham Trim National Park as a Ramsar Convention of Wetlands of International Importance, said the park’s director.

Authorities at central Da Nang City's Ba Na Nature Reserve have been urged to build more zoos and aviaries to ensure better protection for endangered species in the area.

Water level in the Hong River has dropped to its lowest level in a hundred years, said the National Centre for Hydro Meteorological Forecasting.

The water waste recycled under a filtration technology developed by the HCM City University of Technology can be used to flush toilets, water plants, extinguish fire and water roads.

A lot of regulations have been promulgated, while a lot of action plans have been drawn up within the framework of the sea conservation strategy. However, not much has been done to protect the sea.

A rare pine tree, listed in Vietnam’s Red Data Book, has been on sale recently in the northern province of Lao Cai.

Fearing that the investment would lead to the higher production costs, Vietnamese enterprises still hesitate to join the programme on labeling products as energy saving products.

Every summer, volunteers from Cycle for Environment (C4E) club start to prepare for their annual long journey for environmental protection activities.

An endangered monkey known as the Miller's Grizzled Langur has been discovered on the island of Borneo, international researchers said.

Several bear farms in northeastern Quang Ninh Province's Ha Long City still cater to South Korean tourists who buy fresh bile taken from live animals despite a clamp down.

The “mineral bleeding” would become even more serious in 2012 if local authorities do not take drastic measures to control the mineral exports.

The HCM City Transport Co-operatives Union has put into operation five buses that run on compressed natural gas.

Vietnam's coastal region in the West part of Tonkin Gulf suffers from transboundary environmental pollution and joint efforts are being urged to tackle this problem.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has set annual import quotas for ozone-depleting HCFCs from 2012 to 2019.