Environment

The Yen Bai province environmental authority has taken samples of the Red River for testing and advised locals to limit their direct use of the river water.

A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook Japan on Friday, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore.

The UN expressed alarm at a huge decline in bee colonies under a multiple onslaught of pests and pollution.

Mention Can Gio, the most remote district of HCMC, and people think of mangrove forests, mudflats and coconut trees; but now it's different.

Vietnam should improve people's awareness about forest fire risks in order to prevent possible incidents, said an official.

Tiger poo is an effective new weapon in warding off animal pests after years of experimenting with big cats' faeces collected from Australian zoos.

Pictures by 34 woman artists opened in Hue on March 8, to commemorate Women’s Day.

Denmark is to give Vietnam USD8 million for scientific study over the next three years as part of an agreement to be ratified by the two nations today.

Vietnam continues to accrue accolades for its hotels as Travel + Leisure has named three to its list of ‘World’s Best Hotel Values'.

Thousands of Vietnamese people will turn off the lights and electric equipment for one hour in response to the 2011 Earth Hour.

The Ba Be National Park in Bac Can province has been named on the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands List as a Wetland of International Importance.

For tourists the Philippine island of Palawan seems like paradise, but for environment activists it feels more akin to a battlefield.

Vietnam is suffering a severe shortage of water – not for the first time. But never before has the drought been as obvious as now.

Demand for water in agriculture and energy production could spike in the coming decades while catastrophic floods and droughts strike more often.

Salt water intrusion in coastal provinces in the Mekong Delta has occurred earlier this year than previous years, affecting thousands of hectares of rice.

Hunting the highly endangered Annam pond turtle has become popular in the central province of Binh Dinh.

More than 900 traditional brick kilns that cause massive air pollution and waste of agricultural land, are still operating despite a ban.

Glues made from the body parts of certain animals are used to treat or cure diseases in Vietnam and neighboring countries.

Vietnam should quickly prepare a strategy for moving toward a “low carbon” economy to cushion the negative impacts of climate change, said an environmental official.