Environment

Residents in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have opposed the construction of a landfill.

Mining explosions at quarries along the Nha Trang-Cam Lam Expressway in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa have been blamed for causing environmental pollution and endangering drivers.

Global warming has played a key role in gradually thinning the glaciers atop Puncak Jaya, Papua, Indonesia, some of the few remaining tropical glaciers in the world, according to Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics.

Authorities in the southernmost province of Ca Mau have decided to suspend a walking competition through the U Minh Ha National Park due to the fear of forest fires.

The forest management task force in the central province of Quang Nam has rescued a rare chamois.

The US Agency for International Development and Standard Chartered Bank (Vietnam) Limited (SC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday.

Rain has been forecasted to arrive in HCM City this week, helping to cool the city amid the scorching hot weather.

Australian Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister will meet Vietnamese and Australian business leaders, policymakers and industry experts in Vietnam to discuss how the countries can accelerate opportunities for green economy investment and trade.

Part of Cua Van fishing village on Ha Long Bay will temporarily stop serving tourists in order to be upgraded.

Lobsters have died en masse in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa's Van Ninh District due to prolonged hot weather, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

A large fire has burnt down over 40 hectares of forest in the southern province of Ca Mau and may spread amid prolonged drought and dry weather.

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.