Environment

Rock mining has leveled mountains at a UNESCO biosphere reserve along the coast of Kien Giang Province even as cement factories severely pollute the environment.

The Asian Development Bank is extending US$49 million to expand surveillance response systems to help control dengue outbreaks.

United Nations leaders will demand "concrete results" from the looming Cancun climate summit as global warming is accelerating.

Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan agreed to allow the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to register the Ba Be National Park in the Ramsar List.

11 enterprises in HCM City have joined the “Month of environmentally-friendly bag use” by persuading their customers to minimize using plastic bags.

A miniature sloth, the "Asian unicorn" were Friday added to the Zoological Society of London's list of genetically distinct and endangered mammals.

Environmental inspectors on Tuesday started a one-week inspection of wastewater treatment at 15 large hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City

Police detained a man transporting a tiger corpse in his vehicle and pressed charges for the trafficking of an exotic animal.

The operators of some hydropower plants in Vietnam have denied the opinion that hydropower plants are the main culprit of recent floods in the central region.

The Environment Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is looking to crack down on the import of exotic or alien species to Vietnam.

Vietnam has emerged as one of the top destinations for travellers in the next two years from Thailand, Australia, Japan and Singapore, according to a survey.

A joint report from the WB and the UN suggested that better preparing for disasters is essential for governments.

Vietnam will face a critical shortage of water for economic development in the coming years due to uncontrolled tapping, pollution and constructions of dams, experts said.

Vietnam is one of only two countries or territories globally where climate change is the people's top concern, according to a survey by HSBC.

The People's Committee of Dak Lak Province has approved a US$3 million project to protect elephants in Viet Nam's Central Highlands.

More than 1,000 tigers have been killed in the past decade to fuel the illegal trade in parts of the endangered big cats, a report by a wildlife monitoring group said.

Xe om drivers around Ho Chi Minh City major bus stations have abducted youth from the Mekong Delta and sold them to people who forced them to work without wages.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung held a reception for the Netherlands’ former Minister of Agriculture who has just become an advisor to Vietnam to cope with climate change and sea level rise.

You could call it the surprise du jour: A popular food on Vietnamese menus has turned out to be a lizard previously unknown to science, scientists say.