Environment

Generations of Rahim Buksh's ancestors have laboured in the rice paddies and wheat fields surrounding Pakistan's hottest city, no strangers to intense summers or monsoon rains.

Two elephants have reappeared near a residential area in the central province of Nghe An.

A coastal forest in the central province of Ha Tinh has been seriously damaged by the recent storm.

Educational geography website World Atlas has named Ho Chi Minh City among nine cities which could be underwater by 2030 due to the continued impact of global warming, including intensifying disasters.

As many as six tonnes of fish in a commune of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have died due to severe inundation.

The management board of Nha Trang Bay has proposed setting up an area for turtles to use to lay eggs in the bay.

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.