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Work on urban project stopped for encroaching on Ha Long Bay

Work on urban project stopped for encroaching on Ha Long Bay

An urban project in Ha Long Bay that encroaches on a protected area has been put on hold for some environmental issues to be resolved.
River of garbage and odor runs through Hanoi

River of garbage and odor runs through Hanoi

The 76 kilometers of the Nhue River through Hanoi and its environs are pockmarked with hundreds of sewers discharging waste straight into the black, stinking river.
October 21, 2023 | 05:29 am PT
Use the law against litterers, 'consciousness' won't work

Use the law against litterers, 'consciousness' won't work

Readers say the trash dumping problem in Vietnam is getting worse and there must be more strict punishments against it.
August 31, 2023 | 04:00 pm PT
Garbage fills up lagoon as waste treatment plant unfit for duty

Garbage fills up lagoon as waste treatment plant unfit for duty

A lagoon linking a residential area with an estuary in central Vietnam has become a landfill as locals keep dumping trash there.
August 14, 2023 | 04:35 am PT
Hanoi, HCMC least successful at addressing wildlife crime

Hanoi, HCMC least successful at addressing wildlife crime

Hanoi and HCMC are among the least effective localities in Vietnam in addressing reports of wildlife crime, according to a report by Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV).
August 9, 2023 | 06:24 pm PT
Sludge from copper extraction barrels down northern Vietnam houses

Sludge from copper extraction barrels down northern Vietnam houses

Thousands of cubic meters of water and sludge from copper ore processing barreled down houses in northern Lao Cai Province on Tuesday.
August 8, 2023 | 07:12 am PT
Vietnam needs around $400B for climate change response

Vietnam needs around $400B for climate change response

Vietnam will need about US$400 billion from now to 2040 to effectively respond to climate change, according to the Climate Change Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
August 6, 2023 | 07:42 pm PT
Mekong Delta families block entry to waste treatment plant

Mekong Delta families block entry to waste treatment plant

Hundreds of families in the Mekong Delta's Ben Tre Province have sent people to block trucks from entering a waste treatment facility due to the pollution it causes.
August 6, 2023 | 07:33 pm PT
Port to dump 4-million-m3 of earth in sea

Port to dump 4-million-m3 of earth in sea

The transport ministry will dump 3.8 million cubic meters of mud and sand into the ocean to upgrade the Quy Nhon Port in central Vietnam to accommodate heavier vessels.
June 28, 2023 | 04:33 pm PT
Vietnam spends too little on handling waste: WB

Vietnam spends too little on handling waste: WB

Vietnam's spending on domestic waste treatment accounts for 0.23% of its GDP compared to the global rate of 0.5%, the World Bank said Wednesday at a seminar in Hanoi.
April 13, 2023 | 03:00 am PT
UK environment secretary in Vietnam to boost cooperation

UK environment secretary in Vietnam to boost cooperation

U.K. environment secretary Thérèse Coffey visited Vietnam on April 12-13 to strengthen bilateral cooperation on agriculture, climate, and wildlife.
April 12, 2023 | 10:42 pm PT
Hanoi second most polluted city in Southeast Asia: survey

Hanoi second most polluted city in Southeast Asia: survey

Hanoi has the second worst air quality in Southeast Asia after Pasarkemis in Indonesia, according to a 2022 annual survey by IQAir, a Swiss maker of air purifiers.
March 16, 2023 | 05:40 am PT
Thousands of tons of trash in Da Lat landfill burning for days

Thousands of tons of trash in Da Lat landfill burning for days

A landfill with hundreds of thousands of tons of trash in Da Lat has been burning since Saturday last week, sending smokes and stench towards nearby neighborhoods.
March 15, 2023 | 01:09 am PT
Man sentenced to 13 years for trafficking 10 tons of wild animal parts

Man sentenced to 13 years for trafficking 10 tons of wild animal parts

A court in Da Nang in central Vietnam sentenced a man to 13 years in prison Tuesday for trafficking nearly 10 tonnes of endangered animal parts from Africa, including ivory and rhino horns.
February 22, 2023 | 03:00 am PT
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