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A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's easternmost Papua province in the afternoon of January 18.

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted off Kupang district, the Indonesian central province of East Nusa Tenggara, on January 15.

At least half of Vietnam’s seas and islands will be surveyed and evaluated in terms of natural resources, and marine and island environment by 2030, at a scale of 1:500,000.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Northwestern Indonesia's Aceh on January 7, according to the US Geological Survey.

A cold spell is expected to hit the northern region at the start of the new year, bringing rain and lowering temperatures.

Authorities in provinces in the Mekong Delta and Can Tho city are dredging irrigation works and storing fresh water to cope with saltwater intrusion during the dry season.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has won the 2019 ICT Award from the Asian-Oceania Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) for its outstanding achievements and important contributions to the development and application of information technology in operation and services.

A 5.9-magnitude aftershock shook Indonesia’s North Maluku province on November 15 after a strong quake hit the area in theearly morning of the same day.

A 7.1-magnitude quake struck the area near Ternate city of North Maluku province of Indonesia early November 15.

The State Council for Professorship (SCP) has announced a list of 441 nominees for professor and associate professor titles this year.

Experts discussed the impacts of climate change on economic development in Vietnam using the Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model at an international workshop at the Foreign Trade University (FTU) on September 30.

Indonesia announced on September 26 that it is installing nearly 400 seismic sensors, which are able to give warnings 15-30 seconds before earthquakes strike, in Jakarta, Sunda Strait, and West Sumatra.

At least six people died and more than ten others were injured as a 6.5-magnitude quake struck off Indonesia’s eastern Maluku province on September 26.

Meteorologists are debating the cause of the thick fog that has blanketed HCM City and some southern provinces in recent days, which has triggered concerns of residents about worsening air quality.

The central city of Da Nang has applied a number of measures to build an e-government as part of efforts to realize the Politburo’s Resolution 43-NQ/TW on development of Da Nang to 2030 with a vision to 2045.

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku on earlier September 22, according to the country’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap plans to release floodwaters into 90,200ha of rice fields in this year’s rainy season to fertilise the soil and flush away rice disease pathogens.

Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry and Environment on September 15 closed more than 30 plantation companies in Kalimantan and Sumatra as part of efforts to minimise wildfires.

A satellite image showed thick haze from a forest fire in Indonesia spreading into Malacca Strait, Singapore and Malaysia on September 14, according to the Indonesian meteorology and geophysics agency.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta are taking measures to adapt to low levels of flooding this year by switching to new crops and using other cultivation methods.