Environment

A dugong, also known as a sea cow, died after becoming stranded on a beach in Con Dao Island in HCM City despite rescue efforts by residents.

Residents in Nghe An have voluntarily handed over a 200-kilogramme deer, three macaques and a turtle to Pu Mat National Park for care and release back into the wild.

Hanoi authorities are racing to revive the To Lich River within two weeks, in time for Vietnam’s National Day celebrations on September 2.

Authorities in Lam Dong have rescued a stump-tailed macaque and a pygmy slow loris, both endangered species, and released them back into the wild.

Hundreds of rescued white pheasants are being cared for and bred at Cuc Phuong National Park, with healthy, well-adapted birds set to be released back into the wild.

Residents of Nhon Chau Island Commune in Gia Lai Province have, after many years, witnessed the rare sight of baby sea turtles emerging from the sand and making their way to the sea at night.

Camera traps have recorded numerous species listed in the Red Data Book within Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Tri, according to the park’s management board.

Hon Cau Marine Protected Area in Lam Dong Province received and released a 12-kilo sea turtle back into the wild this morning, August 12.

Some 500-700 tonnes of rubbish have swamped Xuan Hoi Fishing Port in the central province of Ha Tinh following recent floods.

A man in Danang City has been fined for taking tourists to pick wild grapes in Son Tra Peninsula.

HCM City’s Forest Protection Department has cooperated with residents and captured a pig-tailed macaque that had been troubling many households.

ADB and Thu Dau Mot Water JSC signed a USD 6 million loan to expand the Bau Bang Water Plant, boosting capacity to meet growing demand in Binh Duong and Thu Dau Mot.

Authorities in Lam Dong Province have planted more than 5,000 trees along a border route with Cambodia, aiming to transform the area into a floral corridor and boost eco-tourism in the region.

Dozens of buffaloes and cows have been killed by wild animals over the past three months in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.

Strong tornadoes have ripped through the southernmost province of Ca Mau over the past two days, collapsing and unroofing more than 40 homes.

The Asian Animals Foundation has continued to call for elephant owners in Dak Lak Province to end elephant riding services and return elephants to the forest.

Authorities in Nha Trang Bay have called for coordinated efforts to protect a rare Bryde’s Whale recently spotted in the waters near Hon Mun Island.

All new bus routes of HCM City will be required to run on clean fuel, setting the stage for a complete shift to electric or green-energy buses by 2030.

Conservation efforts here have become a model, helping to save millions of turtle hatchlings and promoting Con Dao as a member of the Indian Ocean-Southeast Asia Turtle Site Network.