Environment

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.

HCM City will need to adopt advanced energy-efficient waste-treatment technologies that safeguard the environment, and seek recycling technology to achieve a circular economy, experts said.

The Vietnam Energy Efficiency Building Week VEEBW 2021 (VEEBW 2021) hosted by the Vietnam Energy Efficiency Network (EEN-Vietnam) opened in Hanoi on November 3.

Many streets in Hanoi have seen rubbish piling up over the past three days as the city's biggest dumping site has closed.

Four partners have collectively pledged USD665 million toward a platform managed by the Asian Development Bank that aims to mobilize an additional USD7 billion for low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to experience the strongest cold spell since the onset of this year’s winter.