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Neighborhoods suffer growing number of illegal trash piles

Neighborhoods suffer growing number of illegal trash piles

“I didn’t put the trash at your house, so what’s the problem?” Nguyen Thi Tho was told when she questioned a neighbor placing a full garbage bag near her house.
Central Vietnam strengthens first line of defense against storms

Central Vietnam strengthens first line of defense against storms

Rangers protect endangered turtle eggs, return 45 babies to sea

Rangers protect endangered turtle eggs, return 45 babies to sea

Vietnam's lack of transparency on environmental issues is glaring

Vietnam's lack of transparency on environmental issues is glaring

Vietnam needs transparency and actual public consultation on corporate environmental impacts; and clarity in regulations relating to the environment’s capacity to withstand pollutants.
July 20, 2020 | 03:32 pm PT
Hanoi devotes $32 mln to contain craft village pollution in 2020

Hanoi devotes $32 mln to contain craft village pollution in 2020

Vietnam capital will allot VND1.35 trillion ($58.3 million) to building systems that reduce environmental pollution across craft villages in the next decade.
March 6, 2020 | 11:00 pm PT
Hanoi exhibition exposes people’s apathy to pollution

Hanoi exhibition exposes people’s apathy to pollution

Over 100 photographs taken around the country show the Vietnamese coast is being overwhelmed by garbage.
June 4, 2019 | 02:00 am PT
Experts slam tourism overexploitation plan for Vietnam national park

Experts slam tourism overexploitation plan for Vietnam national park

Experts have slammed a resort planned in the Bach Ma National Park, saying it will destroy and pollute the environment.
October 14, 2018 | 03:42 am PT
Behold the Amazonian eco-warrior drag queen

Behold the Amazonian eco-warrior drag queen

A gay biologist is fighting for the environment and inspiring children to do so in the most indigenous way he could.
July 27, 2018 | 12:40 am PT
HCMC to deploy quick response teams to combat noise pollution

HCMC to deploy quick response teams to combat noise pollution

Residents will soon be able to phone hotlines to complain about noisy neighbors.
May 19, 2018 | 11:55 pm PT
Vietnamese woman’s journey from thermal plant admirer to environment prize winner

Vietnamese woman’s journey from thermal plant admirer to environment prize winner

She has led the country’s fight against coal and convinced the government to increase the share of renewable energy.
May 19, 2018 | 07:00 pm PT
Erosion attacks popular Vietnamese beach

Erosion attacks popular Vietnamese beach

Sunbathing and swimming are sinking with the rest of Ham Tien Beach.
May 14, 2018 | 11:06 pm PT
Vietnam, US launch joint project to combat wildlife crime

Vietnam, US launch joint project to combat wildlife crime

The $10 million project will focus on protecting rhinos, elephants and pangolin.
May 11, 2018 | 07:22 pm PT
Vietnamese fisherman refuses cash offer, releases rare turtle back to sea

Vietnamese fisherman refuses cash offer, releases rare turtle back to sea

A dealer had offered him $446 for the green sea turtle but he turned it down.
March 28, 2018 | 11:28 pm PT
Singapore seizes 3.5 tons of ivory en route to Vietnam

Singapore seizes 3.5 tons of ivory en route to Vietnam

The shipment arrived from Nigeria and could have fetched $2.5 million on the black market.
March 8, 2018 | 02:32 am PT
Pedal-power purifies polluted Saigon canal

Pedal-power purifies polluted Saigon canal

Local residents are jumping on cycling machines to pump clean water back into stinking waterway.
July 21, 2016 | 02:46 am PT
 
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