Environment

The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region needs “consistent strategies” to deal with groundwater extraction, land subsidence and saltwater intrusion in an increasingly urbanising area, experts said at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on November 25.

Many trees have been destroyed for wood by poachers in Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve in the central province of Quang Tri.

The Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment held a consultation session with retailers on stepping up the implementation of a communication plan on reducing plastic bags.

A large waste treatment facility in Hanoi's Dong Anh District has been left unused for four years after construction completion.

Thirty masked palm civets were released back to nature on November 23 after a period of staying in the care at the Cuc Phuong National Park in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

Difficult and dangerous working conditions and shortages of support equipment are the main causes of the rising number of forest rangers leaving their jobs in the central highlands region of Vietnam.

Vietnam can learn from and apply experience drawn from measures that have been taken by Brussels to respond to climate change, prevent floods and protect the environment, Tristan Roberti, President of the Environmental Commission at the Brussels-Capital Region, said.

The Embassy of Japan and UNICEF Vietnam on November 17 signed an exchange of notes for a project on “enhancing resilience to disaster risks and climate change for children”, which runs in Vietnam from 2021 – 2026.

The last floating restaurant boats on West Lake in Hanoi are being dismantled after being left unused for many years.

A ward in the southern central city of Binh Dinh’s Quy Nhon has been seriously flooded due to problems in the local drainage system.

A man in Ha Tinh Province has bought 44 rare turtles and then given them to the Vu Quang National Park for protection.

A report titled “Climate change in Vietnam, Impacts and Adaptation” has been introduced within the framework of COP26 in Glasgow, UK.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has organised a closing workshop for the flood-based livelihood project in support of the water retention strategy for the Mekong Delta to review the results and encourage the up-scaling of the

Hanoi authorities have decided to expand the dump at the city's largest landfill in Soc Son District to deal with overloading.

A baby Delacour’s langur has been born after its parents were released into the wild last year on Ngọc Island in Tràng An Landscape Complex, the northern province of Ninh Bình.

The Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment has just started a pilot programme to support the cost of changing motorbikes for old and unqualified vehicles in an attempt to improve air pollution.

The central region will continue to see heavy rains until November 14 due to the effects of a low pressure according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorology Forecasting's Weather Forecast.

The Australian Government will provide A$6.5 million COVID-19 for a Green Economic Recovery Package for Vietnam.

Around three groups of up to nine endangered black-shanked doucs have been seen in Bà Đen Mountain national tourist complex in the southwestern province of Tây Ninh since May.