Environment

The discovery of panda fossils in China has helped researchers solve the mystery of how the giant species developed a "false thumb" and became the only dedicated vegetarian in the bear family.

Typhoon Chaba weakened into a tropical depression on July 3 morning, moving north of northwest with its eye located in the south of China’s Guangxi province, which borders northern Vietnam.

Chaba, the first tropical storm to hit the East Sea this year, is predicted to gain more strength and cause torrential rain in the northern region between Saturday and Thursday.

Tropical storm Chaba, the first storm to affect Vietnam this year, is gathering strength, with wind speeds near its centre reaching 89-102 kilometres per hour.

NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue had a meeting in London with UK Cabinet Office Minister and President for 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference Alok Sharma who expressed impression at Vietnam’s determination in transition to green and renewable energy.

Vietnam has officially launched the Southeast Asia Flash Flood Guidance System on Tuesday morning and assumed the role of being a regional hub in forecasting landslides and flash floods.

A tropical depression to the north of the East Sea has strengthened into a storm, the first hitting the waters this year, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

A coastal road in the central province of Ha Tinh is facing high risk of more landslides following a severe incident last year.

Speaker of the UK House of Lords John Mcfall said he supports efforts to ramp up all-round cooperation between the UK and Vietnam, including in climate change response, during his talks with the top Vietnamese legislator in London.

The Vietnam Circular Economy Forum 2022 took place on June 28 with a focus on how to translate the commitment on net zero emissions into action.

A Saigon Zoo member of staff and a group of students are transforming elephant dung into paper.

A large amount of fish has been found dead in the Yen So Lake in Hanoi's Hoang Mai District over the past few days.

Japan's government warned Monday of a power crunch as extreme heat hits the country, with temperature records toppling and Tokyo's rainy season declared over at the earliest date on record.

Xuan Son Landfill in Hanoi's Son Tay Town has stopped receiving waste from June 23 due to overloading.

Ngụy Thị Khanh, former head of NGO GreenID and known for advocating the reduction of coal-fired power in Vietnam, was handed a prison sentence for economic crimes, not her environmental activism, spokesperson for the foreign ministry Lê Thị Thu

The Australian government on Thursday launched the Plastics Innovation Hub in Vietnam which aims to deliver new innovations to tackle plastic waste in the country.

Four tremors with magnitudes of up to 3.2 vibrated throughout the mountainous district of Kon Plong in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum early on June 22, the Institute of Geophysics reported.

Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste that has become the environmental and economic levy of a zero-Covid strategy.

While the northern and central regions are experiencing scorching heat, the forecasting centre said the heat may become more extreme in the time ahead.