Environment

The World Bank has approved a US$107 million credit to enhance the capacity, efficiency, and safety of inland waterways in the southern region of Vietnam, while also aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector.

A severely polluted canal in the central city of Danang will be upgraded to become a park, following VND105 billion (USD4.12 million) in investment.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has officially recognised Cát Tiên National Park in southern Vietnam as the 72nd addition to its prestigious Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas.

According to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, heavy rains will fall in the Central Highlands and Southern regions in the next three days.

The southern province of Tien Giang is calling investors to carry out a waste treatment plant with a total capital of around VND640 billion (USD 25.14 million).

The northern region is set to enjoy a temporary break from the heatwave amid rainy conditions next week, according to Nguyen Van Huong, head of the Weather Forecasting Department at the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Rubbish has blanketed Man Quang Bay in Son Tra District in the central city of Danang, causing severe pollution.

Farmer Bao Mingchen gestured to a dry pipe where water typically irrigates a patch of crops, the soil now cracked under a drought hitting China's vast agricultural hinterland.

A troop of around 50 monkeys have damaged crops in a village in the northern mountainous province of Son La.

A strange species has just been discovered by a cave exploration team of the Jungle Boss Co., Ltd, in Hùng Cave within a strictly protected area of the Phong Nha – Kẻ Bàng National Park in the central province

Cuc Phuong National Park in the northern province of Ninh Binh has released 102 animals, including many endangered rare groups, back into the wild in the first five months of 2024.

A troop of rare white-cheeked gibbons has appeared near a residential area in the central province of Quang Binh.

Two consecutive earthquakes occurred Thursday morning in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum's Tu Mo Rong District.

The Save Vietnam's Wildlife (SVW) has announced that it has co-operated with relevant agencies in order to release a total of 14 rescued rare animals back into the wild.

A fertilizer company in the southern province of Long And has been fined VND312 million (USD12,259) for discharging untreated wastewater into the environment.

Vietnam will promote the transition to technologies that utilise substances with low or zero global warming potential, and roll out sustainable cooling solutions to cut emissions by 11.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2045.

The Pacific's Solomon Islands has become a key player in the global live animal trade, with foreign collectors sourcing exotic species including some subject to trade bans, an AFP investigation has found.

Rubbish has blanketed many streets in HCM City, causing severe pollution.

Vu Quang National Park in the central province of Ha Tinh is struggling with the rescue and care of wild animals.