An estimated VND 124 trillion (US$7.4 billion) is needed to eliminate industrial pollution, a new Industrial Policy and Strategy Institute (IPSI) study shows.
A VND 6.2 trillion project for establishing an environment group by 2012 has been submitted to the government as part of the national efforts to diversify environment services.
More than a thousand new species have been discovered in the Greater Mekong Region of Southeast Asia in the last decade, according to a World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) report.
A highly diverse and ecologically important forest area stretching from Hue city to the Laos border has been protected thanks to a 4.5-year project.
According to the Management Board for My Son Relics, Vietnam has begun coordinating with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on the start of the second phrase of the project on the preservation of My Son world cultural heritage site.
Denmark will provide DKK 1.46 million (USD 254,400) for central Quang Nam province to increase its environmental management capacity, the Danish Embassy in Hanoi announced on Dec. 16, 2008.
A protective belt surrounding approximately 134,000 ha of primary forests has been established in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue under a World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-backed scheme.
The World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) - Vietnam is hoping for a positive response from the entire nation in its global Earth Hour campaign, which calls upon people to switch off their lights at 20h30 on March 28, 2009.
Vietnam requires at least USD 15 million to eliminate ozone depleting substances in accordance with the Montreal Protocol over the next 15 years, a climatologist said on Dec. 12, 2008.
The world must avoid backsliding in fighting global warming and work out a "Green New Deal" to fix its twin climate and economic crises, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008.