Environment

A hundred people gathered in Dong Nai Province to protest the pollution from discharged waste.

A factory with a daily capacity of recycling 9 tons of plastic bags into PO and DO fuel began operations in the central city of Da Nang.

Vietnamese and German experts gathered in Hanoi to share experience in human resource training and waste treatment in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has submitted the draft of the National Tiger Conservation Programme by 2022 to the Prime Minister.

Experts are worried that Cat Ba Island's environment might be destroyed if 40 million cubic metres of mud from a harbour project are dumped into the ocean.

Environmentalists have called on residents and authorities in the northern province of Lai Chau to stop the killing of migrating storks, which are protected under international law.

Dak Lak and Dak Nong Provinces have leased forest land to enterprises to grow rubber trees, manage and protect the forests, but the green forests have been seriously devastated.

Wild elephants could disappear from Vietnam's Central Highlands permanently as deforestation has destroyed their habitat and source of food needed for survival.

Polar bears diverged from their closest relatives 600,000 years ago, far earlier than previously thought, suggesting more challenges in the face of climate change, scientists said.

Climate change has caused a 2% loss in GDP, and the threat of much higher losses looms as the earth warms.

Red tides appeared around Cat Ba Island since March, triggering concerns about their harmful effects on the environment.

China says 16 endangered finless porpoises have been found dead since the beginning of the year and experts blame water pollution and climate change.

Scientists’ research works have warned that tsunami is a real risk for Vietnam, and that this needs further through research.

The fact that land-bound dinosaurs laid eggs is what sealed their fate of mass extinction millions of years ago while live birthing mammals went on to thrive, scientists said.

Vietnam needed to take stronger action against desertification, the dire consequence of long-term inefficient use of land, a forestry expert has said.

The Management Board for northern waterway projects held a ground-breaking ceremony to build the embankments that protect the Red River’s banks in Phu Tho Province.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to with relevant ministries and agencies to establish a national Green Climate Fund.

An endangered bird species, Mi Langbian or Crocias langbianbis, has just been confirmed to be living in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.

A 15-kilo fish with a flat body, short tail, and round head was caught by a fisherman off the central province of Nghe An.