Environment

Heated negotiations on a global climate deal were set to spill into Saturday after developing nations rejected an initial $250 billion offer from rich countries to help them tackle global warming.

Vietnam has endured nine storms, 232 flash floods, and landslides, leaving a total of 513 people either dead or missing, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Cameral traps have helped to define the number of elephants in the southern province of Dong Nai.

All provinces and cities across the country had issued plans and directives to implement specific activities of the project in line with local conditions.

The central region of Vietnam has been forecasted to face torrential rains which may trigger flash floods and landslides in some days.

A fresh draft of a climate pact unveiled Thursday at COP29 failed to break an impasse between nations, with negotiators racing against the clock to broker a trillion-dollar finance agreement.

A cold spell is predicted to impact the northern region from November 27, potentially bringing temperatures in high mountainous northern areas to under 10 degrees Celsius.

Authorities in the northern coastal city of Ha Long are planning to upgrade dozens of streets and pavements to deal with rising tides.

The Save Vietnam's Wildlife (SVW) Centre has worked with Cuc Phuong National Park to successfully rescue 11 rare Javan pangolins.

Negotiators toiled Tuesday to break a deadlock at UN climate talks after G20 leaders acknowledged the need for trillions of dollars for poorer nations but left key sticking points unresolved.

Police in central Thailand said they barricaded themselves into their own station over the weekend, after a menacing mob of 200 escaped monkeys ran riot on the town.

The Colombian president of the COP16 UN conference on biodiversity expressed confidence Saturday that a key financial accord for species protection could be reached "in the first quarter of 2025".

A large farmland area in the central city of Danang is struggling with severe erosion due to the activities of a nearby clay mine.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to see a slight cold spell early next week.

Typhoon Usagi blew out of the Philippines early Friday as another storm drew closer, threatening an area where scores were killed by flash floods and landslides just weeks ago.

Hanoi was ranked as the third most air-polluted city in the world this morning, November 14, according to data released by air quality monitor AirVisual.

Thousands of animal traps have been discovered in Bach Ma National Park in the central region of Vietnam.

Dozens of houses have been damaged and many trees uprooted after a whirlwind swept through the central province of Quang Ngai's Duc Pho Town on Tuesday night.

The Philippines ordered evacuations ahead of Typhoon Usagi on Wednesday, as the UN disaster office sought $32.9 million in aid for the country after storms that killed more than 150 people.