Environment

Low-lying neighbourhoods in Nepal's capital Kathmandu were inundated by surging floodwaters on Sunday after ferocious monsoon rains that police said had killed at least 101 people around the Himalayan republic.

Farmers in the Central Highlands City of Dalat have been called for gathering abandoned pesticide packaging containers to exchange for gifts, which has proved an effective way to protect the environment.

Fines of between VNĐ900 million-1 billion (US$36,600-40,700) have been proposed for discharging domestic solid waste which contains radioactive substances, causing environmental contamination.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Đỗ Hùng Việt co-chaired the panel discussion “Adaptation, finance and resilience in relation to sea-level rise” with special envoy of the French President and Ambassador for the Poles and Maritime Issues Olivier Poivre d’Arvor.

Fifteen wild animals including many belonging to rare and endangered species have been released back into the wild at the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh.

Authorities of the southern province of Vinh Long have fined a company VND9.6 billion (USD391,836) for illegal sand mining on a local river.

After the devastation of Typhoon No. 3, Ha Long Bay faces a severe environmental threat as massive quantities of debris from damaged aquaculture rafts accumulate in the water.

A gigantic amount of waste has covered Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh following Typhoon Yagi.

Thien Cam, the nicest beach in the central province of Ha Tinh, has been left in ruins after Storm Soulik.

HCM City’s waste collection on rivers, canals, and ditches mainly depends on manual labour, and needs to be replaced with technology to improve collection efficiency.

A light cold spell bringing heavy rain is forecasted to hit Vietnam's northern region from Saturday evening.

A woman in the central province of Quang Ngai has been fined over VND160 million (USD6,531) for destroying a protective forest.

The central province of Ha Tinh is vulnerable to widespread flooding due to heavy rain and water discharges by hydropower reservoirs.

Beaches in the central city of Danang have been covered by rubbish following Storm Soulik.

A rare pangolin has been found giving birth in a tree hollow near a residential area in the southern central province of Binh Dinh.

Provinces and cities in central Vietnam are being warned to be ready for a tropical depression which it is feared could strengthen into a typhoon by Thursday morning.

Australian and Vietnamese experts gathered in Hanoi on Wednesday for the inaugural Vietnam State of Energy Transition Conference.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) joined leaders of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology to launch two new projects to counter wildlife trafficking and reduce illegal wildlife consumption on Monday.

A tropical depression is nearing the East Sea and may develop into a typhoon in some days to come, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.