Environment

In a desperate bid to preserve a critically endangered species, a US zoo is taking the controversial step of trying to mate brother and sister captive Sumatran rhinoceroses.

Swiss researchers said Thursday that people really do have a hard time getting a good night's sleep when the moon is full, even when they can't see it.

Sewage treatment has become a serious issue for residents in Hanoi's Chuong My District despite several temporary projects to deal with the issue during the last three years.

More than 500 South African rhinos have been killed this year, official figures showed Wednesday, amid strong demand for horns on the Asian black market.

Hundreds of residents in Yen Binh town, northern Yen Bai Province, have been forced to struggle with the stench from a nearby waste dumping station every day for the past ten years.

The illegal trading of rare animals online has become more popular in Vietnam and is now out of control.

Vietnam lacks a comprehensive strategy to cope with coastal erosion, which is recognised as one of the major consequences of rising sea levels, experts have warned.

Authorities in Nha Trang City has requested Khatoco’s tobacco plant to halt operations until a solution is found for the environmental damage.

Two chemical producing factories in the northern province of Hai Duong have been operating without licenses, causing environmental damage to the farming district of Kinh Mon.

Hundreds of residents of a village in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa have been calling for a solution to environmental pollution caused by a tobacco factory.

The Asian Development Bank has selected the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Hue city in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to benefit from its technical assistance project offering disaster risk financing solutions to cope with climate change.

Palaeontologists in Utah on Wednesday said they had found the fossil of a strange horned dinosaur which roamed an island continent known as Laramidia.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Tuesday announced the country's divisive fixed-price carbon tax will be scrapped a year ahead of schedule in favour of a market-driven emissions trading scheme.

The capital city of Hanoi is stepping up a drive to phase out the use of nylon bag as it is harming both environment and human health.

Pollution from a porcelain factory has raised concerns among residents in the northern province of Phu Tho's Phu Tho Town.

Vietnam will strengthen cooperation with its partners in the Upper Mekong River region to protect and use water resources sustainably.

Norway will provide Vietnam with nearly VND10 billion (US$476,000) to conduct a four-year project to reduce the impacts of climate change on rice production.

Residents close to an industrial park in northern Phu Tho Province have to wear face masks when they go to sleep to keep the stink of deadly waste-water out of their nostrils.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has ordered localities to save forests by planting 150,500 hectares of trees nationwide and preventing illegal deforestation.