Environment

The southern province of Dong Thap Province has welcomed six red-crowned cranes from Thailand as part of a conservation effort to restore the species through breeding and reintroduction.

Thousands of residents of the SDU apartment complex in Hanoi have resorted to buying bottled water or collecting water from makeshift taps after the building's water supply was contaminated.

Soft mud eruptions have happened in the southern central province of Phu Yen’s Dong Xuan District for over the past two days.

Unseasonal rain is expected to hit HCM city on April 9-10, according to the Southern Regional Hydrometeorological Centre.

Vietnam is among 11 Asia-Pacific countries considered most vulnerable to climate risks from a macroeconomic perspective.

A rare flock of hundreds of Asian Openbill storks has been found in a field in the central province of Quang Tri.

Three rescued moon bears were successfully transported from Hanoi to the Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre, located at Bach Ma National Park in Phu Loc District, Hue City on April 7.

A landmine-hunting rat in Cambodia has set a new world record by sniffing out more than 100 mines and pieces of unexploded ordnance, a charity said Friday.

A 226-kg bomb left over from the war was safely deactivated by the military command and sappers in the central province of Nghe An on April 3.

Authorities in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai have declared a state of emergency following serious erosion in a local residential area.

Hanoi has set a goal to grow around 700,000 new trees of different types across the city this year, including 350,000 fruit trees.

Long Bien Market has seriously deteriorated following more than 30 years of operation.

In recent days, residents of Quang Binh have repeatedly discovered whale carcasses washed ashore.

Bangladeshi Junayed Akter is 12 years old but the toxic lead coursing through his veins has left him with the diminutive stature of someone several years younger.

Thua Thien-Hue Province has received an aid package of VND3.1 billion from the WWF to support a project aimed at protecting the saola and preserving ecosystems for both nature and people.

In March alone, Vietnam recorded 26 earthquakes, with 23 occurring in Kon Plong district, Kon Tum province, and 3 in Nam Tra My district, Quang Nam province.

The Bai Tu Long National Park Management Board in the northern province of Quang Ninh has received a rhesus macaque found wandering into a local home.

Authorities have identified 40 gold mines in the Northwest region of Vietnam, with estimated reserves of nearly 30 tonnes of gold.

Residents in high-rise buildings in Hanoi and HCM City felt strong tremors early Friday afternoon as a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar.