Environment

The Vu Quang National Park in the central province of Ha Tinh Province has just received 21 monkeys of rare and endangered species from the Hoang Lien National Park in the northern province of Lao Cai.

The traffic police have seized four boats used to extract sand illegally on the Red River and confiscated 1,100 cubic metres of sand.

Around 25 tonnes of green lobsters in the southern central province of Phu Yen have suddenly died, causing losses for farmers.

HCM City has planned to spend VND6.2 trillion (USD243.61 million) to upgrade the Van Thanh Canal.

A rare mouse lemur found at a house in HCM City has been handed over to the local Forest Protection Department.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID), and the HCM City Department of Industry and Trade (DOIT), celebrated their joint success in a five-year partnership advancing renewable energy and energy efficiency in the city.

For the first time in five years, a group of incredibly rare douc langurs was spotted in Chu Mom Ray National Park in the Central Highlands Province of Kon Tum.

Hundreds of tonnes of rubbish have just been collected from the Nuoc Den (Black Water) Canal in HCM City's Binh Tan District following efforts from local authorities and volunteer groups.

Drivers on the section of National Highway 1A running through the central province of Ha Tinh have been troubled by rampant straw burning.

A wreathed hornbill found flying at a house in HCM City was handed over to the city's Forest Protection Department on Wednesday.

Thailand may have to consider relocating its capital Bangkok because of rising sea levels, a senior official in the country's climate change office told AFP on Wednesday.

Many durian growers in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have suffered great losses due to prolonged drought.

Two VND1.06 trillion (USD41.65 million) environmental projects in Nha Trang City in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa are behind schedule due to site clearance issues.

Over 100 irrigation lakes are drying up with water below dead level amid prolonged drought in the central region.

An event themed “Vietnam - EU joining hands for a clean environment” took place in Hạ Long city, the northern province of Quảng Ninh, on May 12.

The HCM City Department of Construction has proposed an upgrade project for the Hy Vong Canal which could deal with the flooding at Tan Son Nhat Airport.

The East Sea may face between 11 and 13 storms this year, including 5-7 that could directly affect Vietnam.

At least one house collapsed and over 30 others were flooded with mud after a flash flood caused serious landslides in the northwestern province of Dien Bien early Friday morning.

Hundreds of households in the central city of Danang’s Hoa Vang District have faced water shortages due to the prolonged drought.