Environment

A five-kilometre long illegal road has been constructed in order to facilitate the destruction of a protected forest in Quang Ngai.

China released six young captive pandas into semi-wild enclosures as part of a project aimed at helping the endangered bears adapt to the wild.

A forest development programme aiming to make one-third of the nation’s forests meet sustainable development standards by 2020 is considered too ambitious.

The ocean's deepest volcanic vents, kilometres below the surface, are teeming with life forms never before seen that thrive near super-hot underwater geysers, according to a new study.

Millions tonnes of sludge are discharged directly to rivers, canals and unused land areas every year without any treatment, causing serious pollution to Hanoi.

Biodiversity and the natural environment in central Vietnam are being increasingly degraded due to economic development, according to a recent study.

Authorities in Beijing said Friday they will start publicising data on the tiny particles that make up much of the city's pollution, after a public outcry over air quality measurements.

The HCM City administration is determined to stop flooding at 10 of 31 spots in the city by the end of the year.

Antelope, elephants, leopards and lions are grazing and reproducing again in a reserve in Malawi, resurrected through a repopulation project of biblical proportions.

With treatment of medical waste being highly capital-intensive, only around 70 percent of it is treated in hospitals around the country.

Around 700 local residents in Nghe An Province surrounded a pig farm, as it's owner failed to relocate the farm on time.

A new forest fire claimed one life in southern Chile just hours after firefighters tamed a massive blaze in Patagonia, officials said.

Fewer than 50 wild tigers have recently been found in Vietnam, compared to 100 more than ten years ago, said an official.

For years, the story told about the Amazon has been one of destruction. But that is no longer the whole truth.

The past 12 months have seen a record number of large ivory seizures across the world, a leading wildlife watchdog said.

Half of the wild elephants in Dong Nai province have been wiped out in recent years, despite steps taken by the Prime Minister to save them.

The Sai Gon River and other rivers in HCM City have become more polluted because of increasing levels of waste-water from household and industrial waste.

Police in Ha Tinh Province seized two tonnes of illegally poached animals, including snakes, tortoises and lizards.

One of Indonesia's most active volcanoes erupted Tuesday, spewing clouds of ash and panicking villagers but no evacuation has been ordered so far, a government vulcanologist said.