Environment

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.

The reddish sea water seen along some beaches in the central province of Ha Tinh was caused by algal blooming.

The northern region is forecasted to experience the first heat wave of this year on March 30.

Reddish sea water has appeared along a three-kilometre beach in the central province of Ha Tinh.

Ha Long city in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh has just kicked off a campaign to thoroughly clean up and collect waste in Ha Long Bay.

Nearly 200 people joined firefighting efforts on Monday to control a large forest blaze in the northern province of Yen Bai.

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc on Monday morning.

Each film premiered at the second International Nature Film Week 2024 is a unique dialogue about the environment, bringing new perspectives on sustainable development, conveying strong messages of earth protection and urging action for a green future.

Vietnam's northern region will see an earlier and hotter summer this year, according to Hoang Phuc Lam, deputy director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Vietnam has received a US$51.5 million payment for verified emissions reductions for reducing deforestation and forest degradation and for enhancing carbon stored in forests through reforestation and afforestation.

More than 300 students at Dalat University on Wednesday joined with many other young people in the central highlands province of Lam Dong in an event held by the World Wild Fund to call for people to stop eating

The Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Management Board in the central province of Quang Binh has announced that it has recently received 11 rare wild animals transferred by the Hanoi Wild Animal Rescue Centre for further rescue and release

Among the over 33,000ha of drought-hit forest in the southernmost province of Ca Mau, more than 13,530ha has fire potential rated as “dangerous” (Level 4) and nearly 4,000ha “extremely dangerous” (Level 5), local authorities said.

Vietnam will attend the 26th World Energy Congress themed “Redesigning energy for People and Planet” hosted by the Netherlands from April 22 - 25, heard a press conference held by the Vietnam World Energy Council in Hanoi.

Dak Mil District, the coffee hub of the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, is facing water shortages due to droughts.

The US Agency for International Development on Friday joined leaders from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Mekong provinces to launch the Mekong Delta Coastal Habitat Conservation project.

HCM City has set a target of 50 percent of local houses having rooftop solar systems by 2030.

Two HCM City People's Committee canal upgrade projects will reclaim land from nearly 3,000 households in District 8, Binh Thanh, and Go Vap.