Environment and natural resources

Vietnam has actively implemented the Montreal Protocol and measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to preserve the ozone layer, earning international recognition, said Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh.Keep reading ...

The percentage of Vietnam’s businesses having ISO 14000 certificates is below the average level and much lower than that in China. []By the end of the last year, 732 Vietnam businesses had CoC/FSC certificates, the highest number in Southeast Asia. Of these, 49 businesses got FSC/FM ...

The People’s Committee in Ha Long City, in the northern province of Quang Ninh, has announced that all kinds of fishing will be banned in Ha Long Bay’s natural reserve sites as of October 1. Only authority-approved fishing and diving activities for tourism using traditional tools ...

Vietnam has planted a total of 130,858ha of production forest, equal to 67 percent of the year’s plan and a rise of 104.5 percent year-on-year.Keep reading ...

Air pollution in HCM City caused by vehicles has become even more serious than the level of pollution emitted by industrial zones, environmental experts say.Keep reading ...

The seventh ministerial meeting to coordinate the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries joining the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution took place in the central coastal city of Da Nang on August 29.Delegates discussed solutions and made important decisions related to forest fire management and ...

Up to 80 percent of the 15 million tons of domestic garbage from urban and rural areas every year is treated at landfills, while only 20 percent is incinerated or recycled.The PM last May approved the national strategy on solid waste management until 2025, emphasizing ...

The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) held a consultation workshop in Hanoi on August 27 to look into risk-informed and shock-responsive social protection in Vietnam.Comprehensive and effective social assistance is a strong tool to boost resilience to disasters, which must come ...

As domestic solid waste has long been piling up and become an acute issue in Vietnam for a long time, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) is developing a project to improve waste treatment and management in both rural and urban areas.Keep reading ...

Wetlands play a major role in preserving biodiversity and fighting climate change in Vietnam, but the country is yet to establish firm strategies on how to preserve them. There are about 10 million hectares of wetlands in Vietnam spreading across eight ecological zones, including the Red ...