Natural disasters economically cost 1.48 percent of Vietnam’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually during 2008-2012, an official has said.

Hard-engineering solutions have been adopted on large scale to deal with the on-going severe drought that has plagued central coastal provinces, particularly those in the basin of Vu Gia-Thu Bon rivers.

Natural minerals will be protected, managed, exploited, and used in a reasonable, economical, and efficient manner to serve the country’s short and long-term socio-economic sustainable development, national defence and security, and environmental protection.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given the green light to a master plan on environmental protection in craft villages from now until 2030.

Explorers of Vietnam and Germany have discovered a lava cave in the southern province of Dong Nai, which they said is the longest of its kind in Southeast Asia.

The number of plastic bags consumed in Vietnam is expected to decrease by 65 percent by 2020, compared to the previous decade.

Environmental pollution costs Vietnam up to five percent of the national GDP annually, according to recent assessments made by the World Bank (WB).

An endangered primate (known scientifically as Delacour’s lutung) was returned to the Hoa Lu – Van Long special-use forest in northern Ninh Binh province.

A new study on Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in the Lower Mekong Basin has revealed that the effects of climate change in the basin are worse than the global average.

Ho Chi Minh City and Holland ’s Rotterdam city are set to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will advance cooperation between the two sides in climate change adaptation.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to support the project “Green city: Sustainable future of Southeast Asia ” in central Thua Thien-Hue province, said Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Cao.

The volume of industrial solid waste discharged daily is estimated at over 13,000 tonnes across Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Government Portal (VGP).