Local rangers and management of the Cham Island Maritime Protected Area (MPA) have released an endangered pangolin (Manis Javanica) back to the wild on the Cham Islands after locals found the animal.
The UNESCO has sent recommendations on Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park World Heritage to the People’s Committee of the central coastal province of Quang Binh and the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park Management Board.
On the morning of September 21, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) coordinated with the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union to organize a national launching ceremony in response to the “Clean up the World” campaign 2021.
This year, many children are not allowed to carry lanterns and go out to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Therefore, parents have come up with the idea of making their own Mid-Autumn toys at home to bring joy to their children during the pandemic.
Vietnam’s biosphere reserves Nui Chua (Ninh Thuan Province) and Kon Ha Nung Plateau (Gia Lai Province) were officially recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as Global Biosphere Reserves on September 15. This provides great joy for Vietnam, but it also poses many problems in terms of preserving and promoting the values of these two biosphere reserves.
A red-shanked douc was released into Bach Ma National Park in Phu Loc district in the central province of Thua Thien Hue on September 9.
The nonprofit For Vietnamese Stature Foundation (VSF) is carrying out the second phase of the “Youth for Environment” project with 11 activities including training sessions on environmental communication and participation in field trips with experienced journalists.
Bay Canh Island is the second largest of its kind in Con Dao Archipelago in Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, where sea turtles come to nest and breed mainly between July and September every year.
Samples of basalt and ancient rocks found on mountains and cliffs on the Lý Sơn Islands have shown that there were active volcanoes in the area less than 10,000 years ago, and researchers believe it is possible they could erupt again.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has completed a report on maritime environment and national islands in the 2016-20 period, Director General of the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands (VASI) Ta Dinh Thi said on August 13.