Environment

Tropical storm Nalgae, the sixth of its kind to hit the East Sea this year, has changed its course, and is forecast to gather strength when it is swirling across Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

People living around some hydropower plants in the central highlands province of Kon Tum are worried about the threat of floods during the rainy season.

A tropical depression has strengthened into a storm which is forecast to enter the East Sea in the next two days, according to the national weather bulletin on October 27 evening.

A 91-kilo Tibetan bear in the northern province of Son La has been rescued and handed over to Ninh Binh Bear Sanctuary.

Residents on O Quy Ho Pass in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau have been plagued by an eco-tourism project.

Cyclone Sitrang slammed into densely-populated, low-lying Bangladesh late Monday, killing at least five people as authorities fearing heavy rain and storm surge rushed to move hundreds of thousands out of the system's path.

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.