Environment

Illegal logging has threatened an iron-wood forest in the central province of Quang Nam.

The management board of the Pu Luong Nature Reserve in Ba Thuoc district, the north-central province Thanh Hoa, has launched a project to preserve three precious and rare plant species – Trai ly (Garcinia fagraeoides A. Chev.).

An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale hit Kon Plong district of the Central Highland province of Kon Tum on July 14 afternoon, according to the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre under the Institute of Geophysics of Vietnam.

A carbon market will create motivation for green transition, said Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on July 12.

A fair is being held in Danang's Thanh Khe District in which visitors can bring recycled waste in exchange for goods.

The central province of Quang Ngai has 15 industrial clusters, but most still need proper wastewater treatment systems.

The southern Con Dao Island has just launched a campaign to encourage using environmentally friendly products for commemorations at local war cemeteries.

A hot low pressure area in the west is increasing its intensity and is expected to grip the entire northern and north-central regions next week that will cause temperatures to rise up to 38 – 39 degrees Celsius.

Authorities in the central city of Danang have just caught a rare python that a local resident found on a tree.

Many irrigation reservoirs in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have witnessed low water levels following prolonged hot fronts.

Authorities in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have fined a South Korean firm for illegally discharging wastewater into the environment.

Together with other countries in the world, Vietnam has been taking actions to reduce plastic waste and the use of single-use plastic bags, towards a plastic bag free community.

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh has just received four rare wild animals that local people handed over.

Many provinces in the northern mountainous region have been warned about threats of flash floods and landslides following heavy rains.

Authorities in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have urgently requested the suspension of a pig farm in Lang Chanh District.

Many irrigation reservoirs in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien have seen low water levels despite the current rainy season.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau is seeking more than VNĐ26.8 trillion (US$1.05 billion) from the Government to invest in emergency works to prevent erosion, which is growing increasingly worse along the coast and threatening lives of local people.

A new heat wave is forecast to hit the northern and central regions on Friday after nearly a week of rainy weather.

Thousands of households in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa's Lang Chanh District have complained about severe environmental pollution caused by a large-scale pig farm.