Environment

Student Dang Huynh Mai Anh has become one of the three winners of the Bayer Young Environmental Leader Award 2012.

Climate change is suddenly a hot topic again. The issue is resurfacing in talks about a once radical idea: a possible carbon tax.

Asia's cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters as they struggle with poor planning, population explosions and climate change, the ADB warned.

Sixteen wild animals, all listed in the Vietnamese Red Book of endangered species, have been rescued from household cages in HCM City in a joint effort by authorities and journalists.

China's endangered giant pandas are now face the risk of losing their staple food, bamboo, to climate change, a report said.

The impact of proposed hydropower plants on the eco-system of Cat Tien National Park in southern Dong Nai Province is concerning scientists and the public.

1153 places nationwide have been found as getting polluted due to the plant protection chemical residues.

Making the corrupt use of the loopholes in the current laws relating to the temporary import for re-export later, a lot of enterprises have illegally imported hazardous industrial waste.

Making profit is the most important task for every commercial bank, because of which the environmental risks are sometimes overlooked when banks approve the lending.

The World Bank on November 8 approved a credit of US$70 million for the second Vietnam Climate Change Development Policy Operation.

Scientists have discovered a new and unknown bat species inside Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh.

Vietnamese river and lake network is facing serious pollution problems due to the large amount of waste discharged by industrial parks and handicraft villages.

Farmers in several districts in HCM City complain that they have to leave land uncultivated because the water sources have become seriously polluted.

To reduce environmental pollution, HCMC has closed down several polluting factories, invested heavily in a canal clean-up operation and reduced flooding caused by heavy rains and high tide.

Vietnam will establish a large system of biodiversity conservation areas in order to preserve endangered animal and plant species and ecosystems, one official has said.

Desertification in Binh Thuan is occurring so quickly that many sandy areas along the coast have already become "dead" for production.

The World Bank has approved a US$ 200 million IDA credit for the ongoing program to provide safe water for 1.7 million people in eight Red River Delta provinces.

A special kind of wood that is said to be rare and can discolor if the temperature and the light change is being hunted by people in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

An international conference has failed to agree on new marine sanctuaries to protect thousands of polar species across Antarctica.