Environment

The southernmost province of Ca Mau’s largest freshwater reservoir is scheduled to be put into operation next month to serve 11,000 households.

According to the HCM City Power Corporation, due to prolonged hot weather, the City's electricity consumption in early April has continuously increased and surpassed the peak of 2023.

Many rare animals rescued in HCM City have been handed over to Dong Nai Culture and Nature Reserve in the southern province of Dong Nai.

More reservoirs in the southern central province of Binh Dinh are drying out due to prolonged drought.

Up to 300 tonnes of fish farmed on Thai Binh River in the northern province of Hai Duong have died.

Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong are investigating claims that a local golf course project has encroached on 37.50 hectares of forest.

Vietnam recorded as many as 71 earthquakes nationwide from January 1 to March 31, with all of them hitting on small scales and not causing any risk of natural disaster.

Many bison and other rare animals have been spotted at Phuoc Binh National Park in the southern central province of Ninh Thuan through camera traps.

A rare python weighing around 18 kilos has been found slithering into a house in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Vietnam and Yemen share 15th position in the list of countries at the most risks of natural disasters globally in 2023, an improvement from the 12th position in 2022 for the country, according to the latest WorldRiskReport.

More than 600 people have been mobilised to deal with a fire forest in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.

The U Minh Thuong National Park in the southern province of Kien Giang has temporarily closed to visitors to help in fire prevention efforts.

Many people in Hue City in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue are flocking to the Huong River to relax amid the blazing heat.

The continual erosion of the riverbank in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has threatened many local houses.

A man in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has handed over a rare python weighing 85 kilos to the provincial forest rangers.

The Customs Department in the northern coastal city of Haiphong have seized nearly 1.6 tonnes of ivory illegally imported into the city by sea.

Over a million fries of various fish species were released into the sea near Cat Ba Island in the north-eastern city of Hai Phong on March 31, aiming to regenerate and increase the diversity of fishery resources in the area.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has reported that Industrial zones nationwide are discharging 550,000 tonnes of toxic waste annually due to a lack of proper waste treatment systems.

Thousands of households in the Mekong Delta province of Long An have had to buy clean water at exorbitant prices due to the prolonged droughts and saltwater intrusion.