Environment

Major retailers and manufacturers are not doing enough to honour commitments to use sustainable palm oil to help protect virgin rainforests from destruction, WWF said.

Dozens of residents in Nghe An Province’s Tien Thanh Commune destroyed a pig farm that they blamed for environmental pollution.

In the new context of national development and global economic changes, the natural resources and environment sector should pay attention to completing policies and laws related to its management.

Vietnam should join the growing trend of constructing environmentally-friendly buildings as an important step towards sustainable development, experts said.

Climate science experts have recommended measures to manage billions of dollars earmarked to help poor countries fight climate change, and avoid problems common among aid programs.

Overexploitation, unreasonable investment and mismanagement on titanium mining areas caused big consequences to the environment in Binh Thuan province.

The toll from ever-more intense floods, drought, and heatwaves will crescendo this century unless humanity anticipates the onslaught, according to a UN report.

A climate innovation centre will be set up in Vietnam to promote climate technology by offering venture finance and other support for small and medium enterprises.

The Mekong Delta Business Forum was launched to engage the business sector in initiatives to respond to climate

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism together with 30 local firms attended the World Travel Market Exhibition in London.

Mekong Delta provinces were urged to speed up construction of housing foundations, dykes and infrastructure for flood-proof residential clusters.

The conservation of Dong Ho Lake is one of several important objectives that Kien Giang Province will implement in the following years.

Offshore sand exploitation by foreign ships off Phu Quoc Island has affected the marine environment in the region, local authorities said.

Poaching and illegal trade in sturgeon caviar persist in Romania and Bulgaria, environmental group WWF warned.

Government's policies for environmental protection do not work well due to problems in management and financial resources allocation mechanism.

Local scientists and experts have said that a few rhinos may be still living in the Cat Tien

Nineteen of the most vulnerable countries to climate change have today agreed to present a unified front filling the

Rampant and illegal forest exploitation has been identified as one cause deforestation, according to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry.

The World Bank’s Special Envoy on climate change Andrew Steer is on a visit to Vietnam to assess impacts of climate change on the Southeast Asian country.