Update May, 21 2012 16:25:04
Wildlife classes to enlighten kids
May, 21 2012 10:47:40
Students at 40 secondary schools in HCM City have been learning about wildlife preservation through extracurricular classes offered in temporary tents set up on their campuses.
May, 21 2012 16:25:04
Green Growth Strategy to be submitted this June
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has been working with other relevant ministries to draft a Green Growth Strategy for Vietnam by 2020 which will be submitted to the Government this June.
May, 21 2012 10:16:07
Delta gets $2.1m to treat medical waste
The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap has received US$2.1 million in aid for a local hospital waste treatment project.
May, 21 2012 09:54:09
Local biosphere obtains official UNESCO nod
The Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve has officially become the 580th such initiative in the world and one of eight in Viet Nam.
May, 16 2012 10:10:59
Lack of co-ordination keeps HCM City polluted: official
One year into a five-year programme to reduce environmental pollution in HCM City, very little improvement has been made, the city leader has admitted.
May, 16 2012 09:42:53
Rising waters
Developing nations in the Asia-Pacific region must build up climate resiliency and shift towards lower-carbon pathways if they want to sustain hard-won human development gains attained over the past decades in the changing climate context.
May, 15 2012 12:27:51
Juvenile leopard rescued
A young leopard has been rescued and moved to the Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Centre in Cuc Phuong National Park in the northern province of Ninh Binh.
May, 15 2012 09:52:19
City to launch green energy programme
The country's most populated city has adopted a programme to save power and promote the use of renewable and environmentally friendly energies.
May, 15 2012 09:29:49
Tigers the focus of national conservation programme
Viet Nam is looking to conserve and develop its population of domestic wild tigers in order to, with other countries, help double the global number of wild tigers over the next decade under a new draft national programme.
May, 14 2012 10:21:01
Youth speak out on environment
Young residents of big cities like HCM City and Ha Noi are expressing their concerns about pressing environmental problems by urging residents and authorities to actively take part in reducing pollution levels.
May, 12 2012 08:16:41
Five city factories fined for pollution
The HCM City Environmental Crime Prevention and Fighting Police Department on Thursday discovered five factories in District 12 discharging untreated wastewater and emissions into the environment.