Environment

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned the world is missing its last chance to control climate change, appealing to nations at talks in Mexico to ramp up progress.

The Government has adopted Decree 113/2010/NĐ-CP, stipulating four cases subjected to environmental compensation.

World climate talks in Cancun entered their final stretch beset by fears of a repeat of the failures that nearly wrecked the December 2009 Copenhagen summit.

The global climate change is forecast to seriously affect the Ho Chi Minh City’s development by 2050 if no proper action is taken soon, said an expert.

More than 400 international environmental activists left Mexico City Wednesday in a convoy headed to a UN climate conference in Cancun.

Tourism promotion and environmental protection in Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park were discussed in a seminar between Vietnamese and German representatives.

Man-made and natural disasters generated worldwide economic losses of 222 billion dollars in 2010, more than three times last year's figure.

ActionAid International in Vietnam and the Centre for Research on Environmental Systems on November 29 jointly introduced their latest report on climate change in Vietnam.

A new round of UN climate talks got under way to appeals for action and compromise after the squabbles that drove last year's global summit in Copenhagen close to disaster.

Nearly 200 countries gathered under the UN flag and behind tight security for a fresh attempt to craft a treaty to roll back the threat of climate change.

The Muc Dong (buffalo herder) festival, a traditional event dedicated to children who look after water buffaloes, was held in Da Nang.

Fourth earthquake in around two months struck the northern province of Thanh Hoa Saturday, panicking locals.

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