In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
The Viet Nam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) and Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Co-oporation and Development have launched the "Programme on Conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity and ecosystems services in Viet Nam". The budget for project implementation is 4.950.000 euros (US$5.6 million) and the project will be jointly …
ZAMBIA is among eight developing countries that will benefit from a US$12 million international climate change adaptation programme fund from Germany to help raise agricultural production and increase food security. Through the Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans programme, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the United Nations Development …
Hundreds of kilograms of dead fish were brought to the headquarters of the People's Committee in coastal Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, in a protest against river pollution yesterday morning. Local residents carried fish which were reportedly killed overnight by factory waste water. Those fish were just a few of thousands …
Residents of Hoai Duc district's Duong Lieu Village complain they have had to live for years with pollution caused by thousands of cubic metres of untreated waste water discharged from the nearby food processing workshops. "Pollution has affected the ground water, leading to residents' drilled wells smelling horribly," said Nguyen …
HA NOI (VNS) — A project to develop an urban climate resilience index in Viet Nam was introduced last Friday in Ha Noi. It comes as part of a long-term programme to make urban areas more prepared for and adaptive to the effects of climate change. Under the leadership of …
Dak NONG (VNS) — Deforestation is on the rise in the Central Highland province of Dak Nong's Dak Song District. More than 30 cases have been detected and tackled since the rainy season started in May, the local forest management authority said. The 40-year-old protective pine forest along Highway 14 …
FAO and the Swedish-based development cooperation organization We Effect have agreed to work together to strengthen small-scale forest and farm producers' organizations in developing countries so they can access land and markets and improve the livelihoods of their members. A partnership agreement signed today will initially involve eight countries: Bolivia, …
Construction of Viet Nam's first solar power plant started in the central province of Quang Ngai on Saturday. Located in Mo Duc District, the 19.2 megawatt project has a total investment of nearly VND900 billion (US$41 million). It will be the first ‘green' power source connected to the national grid …
Wildlife officials in Thailand destroyed more than two tonnes of confiscated ivory worth around $3 million on Wednesday in what one rights group called a milestone in the fight against the illegal trade. Thailand is a top destination for African ivory smuggling in Asia and has come under increasing pressure …
Customs officers in Vietnam seized more than two tons of elephant tusks, eight days after confiscating an ivory shipment weighing nearly a ton, authorities said on Monday. The estimated 4.4 million dollars worth of ivory was disguised as logs and hidden within a shipment of timber from Nigeria. The cargo …
HA NOI (VNS) — Half the men in Ha Noi are addicted to smoking tobacco, according to Viet Nam Steering Committee on Smoking and Health. Although Ha Noi has carried out activities to change people's attitudes towards smoking, the challenge was increasing, the committee said. It warned on Tuesday that …
Rescue workers are trying to reach a missing miner trapped by tonnes of earth and water in a coal-mine tunnel in Quang Ninh province's Ha Long City. His name is Phan Van Van. One miner was killed in the incident and another ten seriously injured. The accident occurred at about …
Northern Dien Bien Province has lost 22,000ha of forest because of illegal logging, and the loss is expected to increase as forest rangers admit they cannot stop illegal logging. Figures indicate that forest areas in the province's Muong Nhe District has fallen to 72,000ha as of December last year, from …
An increasing amount of ash and cinder released by thermal power plants is causing serious pollution and making waste treatment more difficult in industrial parks, a representative from the Ministry of Construction said. As many as 15 million tonnes of ash and cinders are discharged annually, 75 per cent of …
Poaching rhinos is a grisly business. Rather than attract attention with gunfire, many poachers prefer to use a tranquilliser dart to immobilise the rhino and then hack off a chunk of its face to pull out the horn. The beast usually dies of blood loss or suffocation within hours. But …
People in several northern provinces of the country continued to be hit by more rain and floods today. As of 2pm today, rains and floods have left 22 people dead, while nine are missing in the northern provinces of Quang Ninh, Dien Bien, Lai Chau and Son La, besides Cao …
QUANG NAM (VNS) — Residents in central Quang Nam Province's Nui Thanh District complain that their daily life has been disrupted by environmental pollution from the Chu Lai Soda Processing JSC. The situation has been going on for two months since the company began operation in June. Over 400 households …
Flooding in northern Vietnam has killed at least 17 people, with the continuing rain prompting concerns of landslides and of pollution from inundated coal mines reaching one of the country’s most famous sites of natural beauty. A Vietnamese Navy vessel was sent to Co To Island, off the northeast coast, …
Vietnam's northeastern Quang Ninh province is suffering from the heaviest downpours in the past days with 15 people killed and seven others missing. Quang Ninh's hydro-meteorological station said that rainfall was measured at 828 mm in several places, reported Vietnam's state-run news agency on Wednesday. The downpour which started on …
Thermal power plants are under much pressure as they seek to resolve environmental issues that are plaguing them. The Ministry of Industry and Trade last Thursday held a meeting on the issue to find solutions on how to treat the waste from the plants. At the meeting, many power plant …
