Environment

Heavy rain from early morning until the afternoon of October 14 submerged many central streets in Haiphong City, causing serious traffic congestion and leaving several neighbourhoods underwater.

Widespread rain is expected to continue across Hanoi and neighbouring areas through the morning and midday of October 14, with meteorologists warning of possible flooding on several streets.

Millions of tonnes of waste have piled up like mountains at a dumping site in the northern province of Ninh Binh, where it has remained untreated for many years, causing severe pollution.

Cat Tien National Park was honoured in four categories at the Asian Ecotourism Network International Ecotourism Awards (AEN-IEA) 2025 held recently in India.

The Soc Son Waste-to-Energy Plant, the largest in Vietnam and the second biggest in the world, was officially inaugurated in Trung Gia Commune, Hanoi, on October 13.

Mang Ri and Mang But communes in the central province of Quang Ngai were hit by seven consecutive earthquakes, each measuring between magnitudes 2.5 and 4.2, in just over two hours on Monday morning.

A waterspout appeared unexpectedly off the coast of Phu Quoc Island on the morning of October 10, startling both locals and tourists.

Chu Mom Ray National Park in central Quang Ngai Province has recently recorded the first appearance of a sun bear (Ursus thibetanus) through camera trap technology.

Vietnam has received strong support from the international community, including Belgium, in dioxin clearance efforts.

Can Tho authorities have proposed a VND 192.5 billion (approximately USD 7.8 million) project to upgrade and flood-proof the city’s iconic Ninh Kieu Wharf.

A rare great hornbill weighing about 2 kilogrammes was handed over by a resident in the central province of Nghe An to forest rangers for release back into the wild.

Floodwaters in northern Thai Nguyen reached unprecedented levels after storm Matmo, submerging homes and prompting overnight rescue operations across the province.

Rubbish has piled up across parts of Danang City since late September, after a waste treatment firm was found illegally burying and dumping waste.

Typhoon Bualoi has left Hai Tien Beach in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa buried under piles of driftwood, turning the once-crowded tourist coastline into a wasteland of tangled logs.

After a two-day search, rescue teams found the body of a fishing boat owner following a collision with a foreign oil tanker off the coast of Khanh Hoa.

Prolonged heavy rain brought by Storm Matmo has flooded dozens of streets across Hanoi since early October 7, disrupting traffic and forcing schools to move classes online.

Over 90 wild animals were released back into the forest at Tam Dao National Park in late September following successful rehabilitation at the Hanoi Wildlife Rescue Centre.

Four consecutive earthquakes struck the central province of Quang Ngai early on October 6, between 12.40 am and 1.46 am, affecting Mang But and Mang Ri communes.

Typhoon Matmo is forecast to enter the Gulf of Tonkin tonight before moving along the Vietnam-China border with sustained winds of 60–75 km/h and gusts up to 100 km/h, causing heavy rainfall.