Environment and natural resources
Breakthroughs made in marine resource management
Vietnam has built a system of policies and laws on seas and islands during the 10-year implementation of the Maritime Strategy. The system covers laws in service of integrated management and laws and planning schemes for coastal areas and sectors. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Ministry sets stricter emission standards, old cars to disappear from circulation
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 ...
Thanh Lich
Rising seas threaten Vietnam’s top rice producer
Because of climate change, Kien Giang Province is struggling to maintain its place as Vietnam’s biggest rice producer – a distinction it has held for nearly two decades. The province is well positioned to produce rice. Located on the coast, in an area in Cuu ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Thermal power plants queuing for permission to submerge materials in sea
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 ...
Kim Chi
Vietnam to increase environment tax on fuel
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 ...
Nguyen Hoai
Vietnam to work with Japan in marine plastic waste reduction
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 ...
VNA Reporter
Vietnam committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions: official
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 ...
VNA Reporter
Vietnam has low rate of green certificates for products, buildings
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 ...
Thanh Lich
Fishing to be forbidden in Ha Long Bay’s natural reserves
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 ...
VNA Reporter
Vietnam plants 130,858ha of production forest in 8 months
Vietnam has planted a total of 130,858ha of production forest, equal to 67 percent of the year’s plan and a rise of 104.5 percent year-on-year.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
