Environment

The policy of payments for forest environmental services in Bình Phước Province has helped protect and develop forests, and improve the livelihoods of forest protecting households.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has destroyed tents and equipment used to serve illegal gold mining activities in a local forest.

The European Chamber of Commerce and its member businesses are ready to help the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment build policies and mechanisms to build a green and sustainable economy, EuroCham Chairman Alain Cany has said.

A rare reticulated python weighing 30 kilos has been found wrapping and killing a monkey in Son Tra Peninsula in the central city of Danang.

Cooperation with regional partners will enable Vietnam to gain experiences from other countries in monitoring and assessing marine debris, said Dr. Nguyen Le Tuan, Director of the Vietnam Institute of Seas and Islands.

Many streets in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho were seriously flooded on Monday as tides on the Hau River peaked at 2.21 metres which is the highest this year.

A project aimed at promoting sustainable sand management in the Mekong Delta, implemented by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – Vietnam, has helped to mitigate the negative impact of climate change on the region.

As many as 62 rare turtles in a lake of Ngoc Hoang Pagoda in HCM City have been handed over to a local wildlife rescue station.

Authorities of the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau have raided 30 illegal gold mines.

Although local people in Hanoi's Xa Cau Village have earned better incomes from collecting and recycling plastic waste, they suffer from serious environmental pollution.

Phú Hội Commune is traditionally one of the busiest fishing grounds in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta during the floating water, or flood season, but this year only a few small boats ventured out.

Con Dao National Park has implemented artificial turtle hatching so far this year, helping to release 122,867 baby turtles into the sea.

A group of foreign visitors have joined with residents in Hoi An City in the central province of Quang Nam to clean local streets after Storm Noru.

Storm Noru has weakened into a tropical depression, bringing about torrential rain in the central region and many northern localities in Vietnam.

Moving to low-carbon rice production offers the highest potential for Vietnam to meet its goal of cutting methane emissions by 30% by 2030 while boosting the competitiveness of a strategic export item, a new World Bank report says.

Many central coastal provinces are preparing to evacuate hundreds of thousands of residents as super typhoon Noru is entering the East Sea and heading toward the region.

The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has predicted that storm Noru will enter the East Sea on September 25 evening, and recommended coastal localities to brace themselves for the storm.

The central region of Vietnam is facing a rainy spell which has been forecasted to end on Sunday.

Four rare monkeys have been handed over to Vu Quang National Park in the central province of Ha Tinh.