Environment and natural resources
Large-antlered muntjac recorded by camera trap in Quang Nam
Two rare large-antlered muntjac have been photographed in a forest in Quảng Nam Province, providing hope for the future of the species. Scientists and conservationists of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Vietnam captured the images of ...
Le Khanh
Waste treatment delayed in Việt Nam
Poor infrastructure investment in waste treatment has kept Việt Nam in the list of five countries who together discharge more solid waste, particularly plastic, into the ocean than the rest of the world combined. The other four countries are China, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.Keep ...
VNS Reporter
Vietnamese terminals will suspend scrap plastic imports
Major Vietnam shipping terminals will temporarily stop accepting imports of scrap plastic, citing an overload of the material that has caused backups and delays. The move is a significant development for the global recycled plastics industry, because Vietnam has accepted much more material since China ...
Colin Staub
Climate change affects farmers in northeast
Climate change is damaging production and livestock in the country’s northeast provinces, raising the risks that the poverty rate there could increase in the next few years, according to a new study by scientists of the Việt Nam Academy of Social Sciences.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
HCM City achieves four goals in pollution reduction
HCM City was able to reach four of its 16 goals in pollution reduction as part of its 2016-2020 programme to reduce pollution, according to city authorities speaking at a conference held on Friday in the city.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Hanoi to roll out green buses
Hanoi plans to introduce buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) on a trial basis on three routes from early July, the city’s Department of Transport has said.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Hà Nội highly polluted in Jan-Mar 2018
Hà Nội witnessed severe air pollution exceeding air quality guidelines of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on nine out of every 10 days in the first three months of 2018.This was revealed in the latest report of Hà Nội-based Green Innovation and Development Centre (GreenID) ...
VNS Reporter
Ministry proposes raising environmental tax on petrol
The Ministry of Finance has proposed a rise of environmental protection tax on petrol to the ceiling level of 4,000 VND (17 US cent) per litre from the current 3,000 VND (13 US cent) per litre.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Solutions proposed to protect environment from project impacts
Bình Thuận Province People’s Committee has proposed to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc the establishment of a focal agency to address the problems posed by five thermal power plants at Vĩnh Tân Power Centre, the Vietnam News Agency reports. The proposal was made at a meeting on Monday between the provincial People’s Commitee and National Assembly delegation.Keep ...
VNS Reporter
Drone for monitoring forests passes flytest
The southern province of Bình Thuận’s Military Command deployed the first test of using drone on Monday afternoon to inspect forest management in Hàm Thạnh Commune in HàmThuận Nam District. The Military Command launched the drone test in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and ...
Dinh Chau
