Environment

Le Nguyen Bao Ngoc, Miss Intercontinental 2022, has been named as an Ambassador of Earth Day 2023 in Vietnam.

The G7 pledged on Sunday to quit fossil fuels faster and urged other countries to follow suit, but failed to agree to any new deadlines on ending polluting power sources like coal.

Heavy rain has been forecasted to hit many Vietnamese localities on April 14-15, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Ho Chi Minh City and the United States Agency for International Development jointly organised a conference on technology and finance for waste-to-energy projects on April 11.

India's wild tiger population -- by far the largest in the world -- has risen above 3,000, according to a census released Sunday, boosting efforts to conserve the endangered species.

Thailand's Chiang Mai was ranked the world's most polluted city on Friday, with authorities urging people to work from home to avoid the hazardous air.

Police in the central province of Nghe An have seized 59 big-headed turtles which had been illegally kept and transported in the area.

Many visitors to Ha Long Bay have complained about the water being covered by too much rubbish.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Chernyshenko co-chaired the 24th meeting of both countries’ Inter-Governmental Committee on Economic, Trade and Scientific-Technological Cooperation in Hanoi on April 6.

Contractors of the Long Thanh International Airport project have built 10 reservoirs for the water supply to spray away dust resulting from the airport construction.

Many localities in the northern region of Vietnam are facing severe air pollution, posing health risks for people.

A rash of illegal traps to catch wild animals have been discovered on Son Tra Peninsula in the central city of Danang.

The Mekong Delta region is growing more forests to protect the environment from climate change and mitigate the impacts of natural disasters.

The Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Lam Dong plans to increase the area of farms with organic standard certification by 575ha this year.

The northern and central regions of Vietnam have been forecasted to witness a widespread heatwave next week.

A large amount of fish has been found dead on Xuan Huong Lake in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong’s Da Lat City.

Students from four Vietnamese universities are taking part in a Mekong River Commission (MRC) contest that seeks sustainable and advanced technologies for river monitoring.

Construction work on Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai has severely affected nearby residents.

A crab covered in oil creeps across the sand as Philippine fishermen wearing white protective suits, rubber gloves, and respirator masks scrape toxic sludge from the rocks along the shore.