Environmental and biodiversity protection

Vietnam is forecast to collect approximately 2.5 trillion VND (106.4 million USD) from payments of forest environmental services in 2018. During the reviewed period, the fund mobilizes VND10 trillion or an average of over 1.3 trillion VND (55.3 million USD) a year from forest environment ...

Vietnam has been a proactive and responsible nation, committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, said Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung during a reception for Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Hoesung Lee in Hanoi on October 10.Keep reading ...

By mid-2018, Vietnam had more than 184,120 vehicles over 20 years old, of which 2,613 passenger vehicles with over nine seats had expired. Keep reading ...

Coal-fired thermal power plants’ investors have asked for permission to submerge sludge and waste in the sea, raising big concerns about sea pollution.Keep reading ...

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee decided at a meeting Thursday to hike the environment tax on fuel from next year. Starting January 1 the tax on petrol will increase from VND3,000 (13 cents) per liter to VND4,000 (17 cents), and on diesel from VND1,500 to ...

Vietnam will cooperate with Japan in reducing marine plastic waste, according to head of the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands (VASI) Ta Dinh Thi. [] According to Japan’s estimate, Vietnam ranks fourth worldwide in the amount of plastic waste dumped into the sea, with about ...

Vietnam has actively implemented the Montreal Protocol and measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to preserve the ozone layer, earning international recognition, said Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh.Keep reading ...

The percentage of Vietnam’s businesses having ISO 14000 certificates is below the average level and much lower than that in China. []By the end of the last year, 732 Vietnam businesses had CoC/FSC certificates, the highest number in Southeast Asia. Of these, 49 businesses got FSC/FM ...

The People’s Committee in Ha Long City, in the northern province of Quang Ninh, has announced that all kinds of fishing will be banned in Ha Long Bay’s natural reserve sites as of October 1. Only authority-approved fishing and diving activities for tourism using traditional tools ...

Air pollution in HCM City caused by vehicles has become even more serious than the level of pollution emitted by industrial zones, environmental experts say.Keep reading ...