Ninety-six monkeys seized from a car in central Phu Yen Province are attracting public attention as the provincial authorities on Monday sold them to a private-run wildlife farm, instead of releasing them to the forest as they said.
A city-wide research project into noise and dust pollution aims to provide the foundation for a strategy to improve city air quality. It has been approved by Ha Noi People’s Committee.
The World Bank (WB) on Jan. 5 launched the Vietnam Innovation Day programme with a mission seeking innovative ideas from local communities to deal with climate change. Under the theme of climate change, this year’s VID programme has two main parts. The first part will be a contest through which 20 most innovative ideas of mitigating and adapting to climate change will be honoured and awarded 15,000 USD each.
In late December 2009, local rangers have seen three groups of about eleven wild elephants roaming near the forest management station of Vinh Cuu Relics and Nature Reserve in Phu Ly Commune, Dong Nai Province and in the residential area in hamlet 7 of Ma Da commune in search of food. The herds of elephants including cows, bulls, youngsters and babies were seen from sunset until dawn of the next day, said local sources.
Eighty-five percent of urban residents in six Mekong delta provinces and cities will benefit from the second phase of a safe water supply programme sponsored by the French Development Agency (AFD).
Prime Minister has signed a decision to allocate 329.5 billion VND to support recovery in flood-hit provinces in the central and Central Highlands region.
The bio-diversity conservation plan for the southern coastal provinces is expected to reduce impact of climate change to the region, according to experts.
The implementation of the Sustainable Livelihoods in and around Marine Protected Areas (LMPA) Component of the Vietnam-Denmark Development Cooperation in Environment Program in 2005-2010 has been under way for nearly a year. This component contributes to the conservation of marine protected areas (MPAs) and helps ensure sustainable livelihoods for the communities living in and around these areas.
At 1am on December 29, the water level in the Red River was only 0.66m - a new low-level record. One month ago, the level was at 0.76m, which was said to be the lowest level in 107 years of city records.
Pollution caused by dust, exhaust fumes and noise in HCM City has not declined and is reaching alarming levels, according to a recent survey on the city’s air quality. The report, released by the HCM City Environmental Protection Agency (HEPA) last month, showed that 89 per cent of examined air samples from six observation stations exceeded the acceptable maximum levels and were even bordering on the dangerous.