Environment

Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from the coasts of Myanmar and Bangladesh on Saturday as the region's most powerful cyclone for over a decade churned across the Bay of Bengal.

El Nino is set to return in late May or early June, with the weather pattern likely to last till early 2024, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting of Vietnam.

Zoom announced it will empower Grab to boost employee engagement across its offices.

Lots of fish have been found dead in Hoang Cau Lake in Hanoi.

Four endangered turtles weighing 350 kilos have been released into the sea in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.

Tonnes of fish have died in the Srepok River in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong over the past few days.

A light cold spell is forecasted to hit the northern and central region from Sunday evening, ending the baking hot weather which has plagued the regions over the past week.

The central city of Quang Ngai has mulled over the construction of a rainwater collection system on Ly Son Island with a total investment of VND250 billion (USD10.6 million).

Mohammed Azhar holds his baby niece next to a storm drain full of plastic and stinking black sludge, testament to India's failure to treat nearly two-thirds of its urban sewage.

Vietnam and many other countries around the world will likely observe a penumbral lunar eclipse which is set to occur when the Earth's outer shadow falls on the Moon's face on May 5.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has issued a plan on solutions to realise Vietnam’s commitment to cutting emissions to net zero by 2050 announced at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in the UK in 2021.

New Zealand's treasured kiwi birds are shuffling around Wellington's verdant hills for the first time in a century, after a drive to eliminate invasive predators from the capital's surrounds.

Vietnam’s northern region has been forecasted to experience cooler weather during the coming Reunification Day (April 30) and International Labour Day (May 1) holidays.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam have been fined VND270 million (USD11,489) for dust pollution affecting the neighbouring areas during the construction of Long Thanh International Airport.

China has approved a major surge in coal power so far this year, prioritising energy supply over its pledge to reduce emissions from fossil fuels, Greenpeace said Monday.

An elderly patient hooked up to a tangle of tubes lies struggling for breath in a Bangkok hospital as Thailand battles a "drastic increase" in respiratory problems caused by a spike in air pollution.

Cuc Phuong National Park in the northern province of Ninh Binh on Thursday received 91 rare keeled box turtles which were rescued from a wild animal trading case.

Danang City Party Secretary Nguyen Van Quang has demanded a solution to the issue of pollution caused by wastewater overflows into the sea.

The Save Vietnam’s Wildlife Centre co-operated with the Cuc Phuong National Park in the northern province of Ninh Binh to release 15 endangered and rare Sunda pangolins (Manis Javanica) into the wild on Wednesday.