Environment

A wild elephant has ravaged fruit trees in the southern province of Binh Phuoc’s Dong Phu District.

Air pollution soared in Beijing on Wednesday as the Chinese capital was hit by a huge sandstorm, and dust also shrouded other parts of the country in a sickly orange haze.

Dozens of houses have been badly damaged by hail and whirlwinds that struck some mountainous districts in the central province of Nghe An on Tuesday afternoon.

The first heatwave facing the north this year has arrived, affecting mostly the northwestern area, with the highest temperature on March 21 reaching 34-36 degrees Celsius, even higher in some other places.

Illegal waste discharging has become increasingly rampant in areas around the Han River in Danang City.

Some beaches in the central province of Quang Nam are struggling with serious erosion.

Northern and central provinces are forecasted to experience their first major hot spell of summer with temperatures reaching 37 degrees Celsius.

A green sea turtle weighing 100 kilos has been found at a beach in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

A workshop on promoting Vietnam’s offshore wind power development was held today in Hanoi.

Vietnam has outlined a roadmap to gradually eliminate Hydrofluorocarbons from 2024 with the goal of reducing the basic consumption of these harmful substances to the ozone layer from 2024 to 2028.

Several consecutive tremors hit the central province of Quang Ngai and the central highlands province of Kon Tum on Tuesday morning, according to the Institute of Geophysics of Vietnam.

The problem of domestic solid waste treatment is a challenge for the sustainable development of Hanoi.

Hanoi needs an urgent and optimal solution for waste treatment, environmental experts have said, suggesting the construction of modern waste treatment facilities and waste sorting at source are key points to improve the city’s waste treatment capacity.

Leaders of the Cần Thơ province had a working session with a delegation from the United States Agency for International Development and discussed collaboration in climate change response and how to support people affected by the natural phenomenon.

Two consecutive tremors were reported in Kon Plong district in the Central Highlands of Kon Tum province during the early morning of March 9, according to the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre under the Institute of Geophysics of Vietnam.

Around 107 construction works in HCM City have illegally encroached on local riverbanks and canals, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

Expanding the tax base and increasing environmental protection tax on non-biodegradable packaging materials would be considered with an aim to limit the use of these materials.

The US and Vietnamese officials on Tuesday announced a new contract of up to USD73 million to treat and clean soil at Bien Hoa Air Base.

Around 21,170 hectares of land in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has been licensed for bauxite mining by the people's committee, including around 4,917 hectares of forest.