Plastic waste is one of the most pressing environmental issues in Vietnam, encouraging the public and private sectors to join forces to address the issue.

More than 300 red lory parrots – an endangered bird found only in Indonesia – were suspected to have been imported to Viet Nam illegally earlier this week.

The central province of Quang Ngai is completing a dossier seeking the recognition of its Ly Son – Sa Huynh Geopark as a member of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network (GGN).

International collaboration is essential to protect the environment, particularly when economic development, changes in structure of the society, air and plastic waste pollution are exerting pressure on Vietnam.

The growth of agricultural production in recent years comes at higher environmental costs, an expert told a conference in HCMC today, June 18.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has created many technological achievements to help people conquer nature, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said yesterday.

Excessive groundwater exploitation is one of the main causes of land subsidence in the Mekong Delta region, the local media reported, citing sources at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Educating kids on environmental protection is very important, as it will shape their perspective and attitude when they grow up. An environment club for kids in Da Nang City is doing this job just right.

Up to five tonnes of dead fish have been been collected at two lakes in the central city of Da Nang.

VTN Architects, run by popular architect Vo Trong Nghia, has just won two prizes in the Commercial and Residential – Individual Houses categories at FuturArc Green Leadership 2019.

Police in Bach Thong District, Bac Kan Province have reported that they are rushing to file prosecution documents against people involved in recent incidents of illegal deforestation.

Hanoi is building a garbage-to-energy incinerator with a capacity of handling 4,000 tons of waste per day, which is expected to be put into operation by 2021.

An endangered sea turtle was found in a fishing net in Mỹ Xuyên District in the southern Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on Saturday.

In Quang Binh province, dozens of local reservoirs are running out of water which puts the summer-fall rice crop of 2018-2019 at risk.

Farmers in Kien Giang Province’s Go Quao District are using environmentally-friendly cajuput trees as trellises instead of concrete or wooden pillars to grow pepper plants.

HCM City has called on residents to stop using underground water and seal the wells due to serious subsidence in the city.

The trio – Vo Anh Khoa, Tran Van Nhat and Truong Van Binh – who were studying at the college’s ship engineering faculty, came up with the idea to help workers deal with pollution.

Vietnam is listed among the five worst polluters of ocean plastic waste, discharging between 280,000 and 730,000 tons of plastic waste every year into the ocean, according to the United Nations. 

It is worth pondering the dissolution of To Lich water with the Red river’s water because the To Lich river is facing the risk of becoming a dead river when it received little amount of water in the dry season.

Vietnam`s population growth and rapid economic development drive up its people`s demand for water, which puts water resource at risk of being depleted, posing a big threat to sustainable development.