Environment

The US Agency for International Development on Friday joined leaders from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Mekong provinces to launch the Mekong Delta Coastal Habitat Conservation project.

HCM City has set a target of 50 percent of local houses having rooftop solar systems by 2030.

Two HCM City People's Committee canal upgrade projects will reclaim land from nearly 3,000 households in District 8, Binh Thanh, and Go Vap.

Vietnam is adopting solutions, including perfecting and legal framework, to intensify comprehensive actions at all levels to reverse the trend of biodiversity degradation.

The Ministries of Natural Resources and Environment, and Industry and Trade, and the World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam have called on people to join hands in reducing carbon footprint, towards net zero emissions, in response to the

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has instructed concerned ministries to take urgent actions to deal with the freshwater shortage in the Mekong Delta region.

Authorities of Can Tho and a delegation from Germany’s Wernigerode city led by Mayor Tobias Kascha agreed to strengthen cooperation in various fields, with a focus on sustainable green tourism.

Approximately 12,000 households in Vietnam’s southernmost province of Ca Mau are grappling with a scarcity of clean water due to a prolonged drought.

Vietnam will build 98 more air quality monitoring stations in all 63 cities and provinces across the country till 2030.

The Ha Long Bay Management Board has acknowledged the pollution issues affecting the bay and has committed to implementing additional measures to mitigate the problem.

Four Sarus cranes have been spotted at the Tram Chim National Park after a two-year absence, a positive sign as the park is carrying out a project to lure them back.

Many foreign tourists have expressed disappointment over the pollution at the UNESCO heritage site Ha Long Bay.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh and Ambassador of the Netherlands to Vietnam Kees van Baar discussed collaboration in both the environment and energy during their meeting held on March 4 in Hanoi.

Hanoi was ranked as the world’s most air-polluted city on March 5, according to data released by air quality monitor AirVisual.

Asian elephants loudly mourn and bury their dead calves, according to a study by Indian scientists that details animal behaviour reminiscent of human funeral rites.

Ho Chi Minh City needs to adopt policies and channel financial resources to develop a carbon credit market in an effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions and respond to global warming, experts said.

The Dan Kia-Suoi Vang Reservoir, which serves as the domestic water supply for Da Lat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, is nearing its dead water level, raising fears of a domestic water shortage among local residents.

Hanoi’s just-opened Astronomy Park has seen mass fish deaths over recent days.

European Union (EU) import charges on carbon-intensive products are expected to have a limited impact on climate change and only a modest negative effect on economies in Asia and the Pacific, according to research by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).