Environment

Coral reefs in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean are dying from the worst bleaching effect in more than a decade, Australian marine scientists said Tuesday.

Education of Nature - Vietnam has launched a website on tigers at http://www.thiennhien.org/BVH , to protect the few remaining tigers in the world.

The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines in years killed at least 10 people as it generated waves as big as houses and destroyed swathes of vital rice crops, authorities said Tuesday.

Philippine authorities said Tuesday the death toll from Typhoon Megi had risen to three.

Enterprises’ increasing environmental pollution is leaving southern Binh Duong province authorities in a bind.

The Ministry of Transport’s Registration Department will launch the nation’s first vehicle emission testing centre later this month.

Countries in the lower Mekong River region should delay any decisions about building hydropower dams for 10 years, an influential new study said Friday.

Carbon pollution and over-use of Earth's natural resources have become so critical that we will need a second planet to meet our needs by 2030, the WWF said.

Hanoi held a meeting o­n October 13 to launch the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction with the theme “Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready”.

Hanoi and the Japanese Prefecture of Fukuoka will prioritize cooperation on building institutions and policies on environment.

The Government has just approved a plan to build six solid-waste treatment facilities for the Mekong Delta.

The World Wide Fund for Nature has announced the list of 145 new species discovered in the Mekong River region since 2009 as a proof for the “biological treasure” of the river.

The recent aluminum mining accident in Hungary serves as a “warning” for Vietnam to tread carefully as it prepares to develop bauxite projects in the Central Highlands.

Environmental campaigners planted trees, collected rubbish and rallied against pollution for what organisers aimed to make the world's biggest day of climate-change activism.

Floods have taken the lives of 64, left 22 missing and caused 75 injuries in central Vietnam.

Tens of thousands of people in the Asia-Pacific region Sunday planted trees, collected trash and campaigned against pollution

The 1000 year anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi has attracted great attention from many international newspapers and news agencies.

The largest parade in the history of Vietnam was kicked off in Hanoi this morning in Hanoi to celebrate the city’s 1,000th birthday.

PM Dung has assigned a leader of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to partake in the Tiger Summit, slated for November 21-24.