Environment

Five earthquakes were recorded in Kon Plong district in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum on February 7 morning, according to the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Centre under the Institute of Geophysics.

A 6.5kg hawksbill sea turtle that was accidentally caught by a local man was released back to the sea off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on February 5.

The central province of Quang Tri has assigned organisations to clear about 42 million sq.m. of land contaminated with cluster bombs this year, said its steering committee for settling war-left unexploded ordnance consequences.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has expressed Vietnam's readiness to collaborate closely with the EU in building an exemplary cooperation model for green transformation, aiming to support developing nations, including Vietnam, in bridging gaps in finance, technology

Maps indicating landslide-prone areas in 37 mountainous and midland areas will be completed by 2025 under an early-warning project managed by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.

The Asian Development Bank committed $9.80 billion in climate finance last year, including $5.50 billion for mitigation and $4.30 billion for adaptation, which showed an increase of over 46% against its 2022 climate financing commitments.

Authorities in the central province of Ha Tinh have turned down a proposal from the Vung Ang II Thermal Power Company (VAPCO) to dump three million cubic metres of waste mud into the local sea.

The Mekong Delta region of Vietnam has been forecasted to see the early saline intrusion this year.

Representatives from the Australian Embassy in Vietnam recently visited the Hoang Lien centre for wildlife rescue, conservation and development in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai to work on the care for suspectedly smuggled wallabies.

A delegation of the State Audit Office of Vietnam attended the 22nd meeting of the Working Group on Environmental Auditing of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions held in Finland from January 22 to 25.

Ten protected areas in Vietnam have participated in The International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas which is a set of global standards on successful conservation.

A Thai court on Friday ordered the government to come up with an urgent plan to curb air pollution within 90 days, as the kingdom braces for its annual peak of noxious haze.

The Government issued a directive addressing the escalating impacts of climate change and El Niño, leading to unpredictable weather patterns and heightened risks of drought, water shortages and saline intrusion.

A vast area of vegetable has been badly damaged by hail and whirlwinds that struck the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau's Muong Te District on Wednesday morning.

Da River’s water level has reached a record low for the second time for the past 30 years.

A water park operator in HCM City has voluntarily handed over three black bears to the Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre in Bach Ma National Park in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue Province.

Tay Ho District authorities in Hanoi have proposed a plan to upgrade and improve the water quality of the West Lake.

Northern Vietnam is expected to get warm before enduring a strong cold spell this weekend, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Authorities in the central highlands province of Dak Nong are trying to curb the rising number of forest destruction cases as the dry season comes.