Localities fail to hit afforestation target

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has ordered localities to save forests by planting 150,500 hectares of trees nationwide and preventing illegal deforestation.

City budgets $3.3b for climate change plan

HCM City has earmarked VND70.54 trillion (US$3.3 billion) for 36 projects to mitigate the effects of climate change, which is expected to severely affect the city.

Boras pledges to fund Da Nang eco project

Vice chairman of the Da Nang People's Committee Nguyen Ngoc Tuan has revealed that the central city will co-operate with Sweden's Boras City on a three-year environmental project.

Plan aims to help wild elephants

The forests along the Viet Nam-Laos border were once home to many wild elephants. But today, barely 100 remain.

Plan to save last elephants

The Government has given the go-ahead to a plan to protect elephants from extinction and breed domesticated ones.

Project to phase out ozone-harmers

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in conjunction with the World Bank last Friday officially launched a project on phasing out Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) – ozone-depleting substances – in the 2013-15 period.

Biodiversity pact signed with S Africa

Viet Nam and South Africa signed an action plan on Monday to implement a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on biodiversity conservation and protection in South Africa's capital Pretoria.

Detoxification project continues in Da Nang

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has signed a third and final contract to get rid of dioxin at the highly contaminated airport in central Da Nang City.

PM approves plan on environmental protection in craft villages

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

Project helps reduce pollution in rivers

A project to reduce industrial pollution in the basins of the Dong Nai, Nhue and Day Rivers kicked off in Ha Noi on April 2, 2013.