Environment

Mountain tortoises are being hunted to be sold to restaurants in an number of areas in the Mekong Delta.

The authorities of the central province of Quang Ngai has uncovered a local resident who keeps a rare white-chested bear at home.

The Asian Development Bank has provided a USD7.96 million loan to help the central province of Thua Thien-Hue conserve its biodiversity.

While carbon capture and storage is a new concept in Vietnam, the country offers good opportunities for the technology, especially in the energy sector.

Scientists proposed the construction of a sluice to regulate tidal flow in and out of the Soai Rap estuary in HCM City to reduce flooding in the city..

A three-year project will reclaim water space from buildings that have encroached on the Tan Hoa - Lo Gom Canal in the western districts of HCM City.

Lack of food, pollution or weather change may affect the iconic turtle at the Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, as the turtle has surfaced very often.

Hundreds of precious plants and animals species in the limestone mountain of Kien Luong are being threatened.

The main source of CO2 emissions in Vietnam is from coal-fired electric power plants, according to an international conference in Hanoi.

Wild animals in mountainous districts of An Giang and Kien Giang Provinces are on the brink of extinction due to uncontrollable hunting.

Canada on Monday became the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol.

Police in Ha Tinh Province seized a car with fake registration number plates transporting nearly 400 kilos of live pangolins.

Australian scientists who modelled conditions on Mars said that "large regions" on this planet could sustain life.

A marathon UN climate conference approved a roadmap towards an accord that for the first time will bring all major greenhouse-gas emitters under a single legal roof.

Vietnam shares responsibility with the international community in implementing measures and initiatives to deal with global climate change.

A growing coalition of countries demanding a new pact on greenhouse gases heaped pressure on China, the US and India.

Water is being wasted and needs to be conserved was the message from a scientific workshop on the usage of the precious resource in HCM City.

A 4.5 metres pine tree made of 2,500 secondhand cell phones is now on display at an electronic store in My Tho city, the southern province of Tien Giang.

The deforestation and the changing of the living environment are the two main reasons which have led to the extinction of some species.