Environment

The Hon Me Rescue Centre for bears in Kien Giang Province has in the last three months, rescued 29 wild animals which had been captured illegally or discovered whilst being smuggled.

The Government is attempting to create a legal system to deal with the problem of importing toxic waste from other countries.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Minh Quang answered public questions about land use polices and the environmental effects of production.

Experts warned that with the current flood control system, HCM City may be inadequate for a disaster similar to the one in Bangkok in 2011.

Arte, a cultural television channel of France and Germany, is shooting a film about the iconic turtle in the Hoan Kiem Lake of Hanoi, later this month.

The Education for Nature has launched a film making competition called “Say No to Bear Gall” to encourage Vietnamese people to protect bears in Vietnam.

Following the recent abnormal storm Pakhar that hit HCM City, similar or more powerful storms may continue to strike city and the southern region in the future, an expert has warned.

After blowing through Binh Thuan and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Provinces, tropical storm Pakhar hit HCM City, and did not cause serious damage or human loss.

HCM City plans to build a green bus rapid transit route along Dong Tay Avenue, which will use green energy.

DTiNews has uncovered illegal logging that is decimating forests of Nghe An Province’s due to lax management.

Hanoi authorities gathered a meeting to discuss the surface water exploitation amid the warning that the underground water cannot satisfy the increasing demand of the city.

Turtles weighing up to 20 kg are common in the northern province of Son La thanks to domestication over the last twenty years.

Smoke discharges from thousands of brick-kilns in the Mekong Delta have polluted the environment and impacted human health and agricultural productivity.

Hundreds of local people protested against two steel companies over pollution in Hoa Vang District, Danang Province.

Investigation Police Ha Tinh Province said they would take strict action against those responsible for illegal felling of trees and denuding forest land in Huong Son District's Son Hong Commune.

Greenhouse gases are likely to result in annual costs of nearly $2 trillion in damage to the oceans by 2100, according to a new Swedish study.

The density of traffic in urban areas is the main cause of severe air pollution in Vietnam, experts said.

A symposium themed, “Air Quality Improvement and Urban Transport: Best Practice and Cooperative Projects” will be held in Hanoi on March 21.

Some of the country's protected forests may be under threat if a proposal from the Vietnam Administration of Forestry's Financial and Planning Department is approved.