Environmental protection is viewed as a focal, consistent, and priority task during the management, preservation, and sustainable promotion of the world natural heritage site of Ha Long Bay.
Vietnam is one of the first 63 countries to join the Global Cooling Pledge proposed by President of the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) Sultan Al Jaber within the framework of COP28 recently held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The People's Committee of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to provide technical support in developing a dossier seeking UNESCO recognition for its Kon Tum plateau as a World Biosphere Reserve.
Experts sought measures to increase the localisation rate in wind and solar power development in Vietnam during a conference in Hanoi on December 14, aiming to realise the Party and State’s orientations and policies regarding technology application, transfer and development in the energy industry.
An endangered turtle weighing about 40 kg with a length of 80 cm and a width of 55 cm was caught in the net of fishermen in the central province of Quang Tri on December 14.
Winners of the competition on green consumption and plastic pollution reduction initiatives were announced at a ceremony held by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Vietnam on December 13.
Five black-faced spoonbills migrating from Northeast Asia were discovered in the Tra O Lagoon in Phu My, the central province of Binh Dinh after a survey conducted by the environmental protection sub-department under the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
Measures to tackle water resource-related challenges in Vietnam were the centre of discussion at a workshop held in the northern province of Vinh Phuc on December 6.
A representative of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Vietnam has proposed that the Southeast Asian nation needs to enhance cooperation in investigating and tracing wildlife trafficking cases, as well as arresting and prosecuting leaders of these crime rings.
A seminar discussing solutions to promote green credit in Vietnam was jointly held between the Vietnam Investment Review (a newspaper managed by the Ministry of Planning and Investment) and the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (commonly known as Agribank in Vietnam) on December 4 in Hanoi.
Vietnam is set to participate in important initiatives at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in the UAE from November 30 to December 12, said Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh.
Vietnam has developed a system of hydrometeorological and environmental monitoring stations across the country, including monitoring acid deposition, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh said at the 25th session of the Intergovernmental Meeting on the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET) held in Hanoi on November 29.
The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has recently declared a state of emergency following coastal landslides in Truong Long Hoa commune and embankment collapses in Hiep Thanh commune, Duyen Hai town.