The red-headed crane, a symbol of Tram Chim National Park in Tam Nong
district, Mekong delta Dong Thap province, were spotted to have less
visited the area than the previous years.
Local residents in villages to the north of Phong Binh commune, central
Thua Thien-Hue province, have protected an ancient forest for hundreds
of years through their village convention.
A project on improving the Vietnamese industry and trade sectors’
capacity to control greenhouse gas emissions and increase adaptation to
climate change has been recently launched in Hanoi by the Ministry
of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP).
Vietnam ’s surface water is plagued by concerning problems including
depletion and large scale pollution, according to Radio the Voice of
Vietnam (VOV) website.
Hanoi will invest over 13 trillion VND (619 million USD) to tackle
pollution in 44 craft villages specialising in food and agricultural
product processing.
The department of forest management in the southern province of Binh
Phuoc is coordinating with local national parks to protect two herds
of 22 gayals which have gone out of the forest and destroyed crops,
according to the Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.
Vietnam is looking to the Internet for effective solutions to prevent
wild animal trafficking as over 33 websites in the country are found to
host the illegal trade of 108 wild animal species.
A seminar has been held in Hanoi to raise awareness on the effective
use of resources and cleaner production to attain a sustainable
consumption and production-based society.
A project to increase Vietnamese industries' capacity to control
greenhouse gas emissions and their ability to adapt to climate change
was launched on April 17.
The national forest inventory project will be carried out across
the country from June 1, 2013 to December 31, 2016 , according to the
Office of Government.