Environment

2023 marked a significant milestone for the forestry sector as Vietnam successfully sold 10.3 million forest carbon credits for the first time through the World Bank for 51.5 million USD.

Vietnam has raised nearly VND9.50 trillion (nearly USD388 million) to implement a 1-billion-tree-growing project over the past three years.

In the face of the worsening air pollution, Hanoi is rolling out measures to control activities that generate emissions and dust in the locality, especially the burning of rice straw.

A VND835 billion (USD34.51 million) waste-to-energy plant in the southern province of Binh Duong has been put into operation.

The central city of Da Nang topped the country in of the Environmental Protection Performance Indicators 2022 (PEPI 2022) with 73.33 points.

HCM City has been forecasted to witness an early heatwave at the beginning of this year, according to the Southern Hydro-meteorological Station.

A troop of eight rare monkeys which were cared for by an elderly woman in the central province of Quang Ngai has been handed over to Kon Ka Kinh National Park in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

A pig farm in the southern province of Binh Duong has been found to have discharged untreated wastewater into the Be River.

Thủy Biều, a tourist destination that aims to reduce plastic waste, will encourage tourists not to use plastic bags and replace plastic bottled drinking water with refillable glass bottles.

Rubbish has blanketed streets around the Hoan Kiem Lake area following the New Year’s Eve countdown on Sunday night.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has emphasised the need for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) to train and build a contingent of capable officials and public servants to fulfill the difficult and complicated tasks related to

People in the northern province of Hoa Binh’s Luong Son District have protested against mining explosions at a local stone quarry blaming it for causing environmental pollution.

Another pangolin has successfully given birth at the Saigon Zoo in HCM City.

A rare green turtle weighing around 80 kilos has been rescued after being stranded at a beach in Con Dao District in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

A total of US$41 million in carbon credit sales is the first forest proceeds from six north central provinces from the emission reduction agreement with the World Bank.

An unlicensed dumping ground which covers thousands of square metres has existed in Hanoi's outlying district of Thach That for many years.

Ten localities in Vietnam are taking actions to fight plastic pollution under Plastic Smart Cities (PSC), an initiative put forward by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Two of four wallabies recently trafficked into Vietnam have died a short time after being sent to the Hoang Lien Rescue and Conservation Centre in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

The Vu Quang National Park has announced that the 85 camera traps they have installed to monitor biodiversity have captured 58 rare and endangered wildlife species.