Environment

With months until crunch talks on the world's first binding treaty on plastic pollution, experts are meeting in Bangkok to discuss financing options and problematic plastics.

Policy makers in Asia and the Pacific are struggling to collect and analyze the data they need to effectively respond to climate change, hampering efforts in a region considered the world’s most vulnerable to the effects of a warming planet.

Astronomy enthusiasts in Vietnam are counting down to the time when the first super moon of the year, a rare astronomical phenomenon, will rise to the fullest in the night sky early on August 20.

Some rivers in the northern region of Vietnam are struggling with serious erosion following heavy rain and the water discharges by hydropower plants.

A devastating flood of freezing water smashed through a village Friday in Nepal's Everest region, local government and army officials said, with experts suspecting a glacial lake outburst.

A man in the central province of Quang Binh has handed over a rare turtle to the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park's Centre for Rescue, Conservation and Creature Development.

Caterpillars have attacked many pine forests in the central province of Nghe An.

Camera traps in a forest in the southern central province of Binh Thuan have captured images of various wild animals.

Around 13,000 fish were released into the Red River in Hanoi this morning, August 15.

Japan will lift its week-old "megaquake" warning later Thursday if there is no further major seismic activity, the disaster management minister said.

A beach in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa has been seriously eroded due to saline intrusion.

People on an alluvial islet in the middle of the Red River known as Bai Giua in Hanoi face severe inundation.

Chau Me Dong River in the central province of Quang Ngai is struggling with severe pollution caused by rubbish dumping.

Sky-watchers in Vietnam have a chance to see the Perseid meteor shower on the night of August 12 and early morning of August 13, according to Vietnam Astronomy and Cosmology Association.

Scuba divers have gathered large amounts of rubbish trapped on coral reefs off Con Dao Island in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

The Cuc Phuong National Park in the northern province of Ninh Binh has organised various experience nature programmes associated with wildlife protection for students.

A nest of 78 rare turtle eggs has been found on an island in the southern central province of Binh Thuan.

In August stargazers in Vietnam will get the opportunity to admire several unique astronomical sights, including a new moon, a Perseid meteor shower, and a blue moon.

Two Impressed Tortoises have been handed over to Vu Quang National Park in the central province of Ha Tinh.