HCM City is expediting the implementation of wastewater collection and treatment projects in the former Bình Dương Province area, with the aim of improving urban environmental conditions and enhancing quality of life for residents.
Việt Nam needs a well-defined legal framework to guide forest carbon projects and the issuance of carbon credits, ensuring an equitable distribution of benefits among the State, forest owners and other stakeholders.
Nearly 4,500 baby turtles were released into the ocean in the first half of 2025 as part of Côn Đảo National Park’s long-running conservation efforts.
The decentralisation aims to improve administrative efficiency, expedite procedures and tailor environmental governance to local conditions.
Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà gave the order while he chaired a meeting with various ministries and departments to review the draft Programme for the Development of the Environmental Industry to 2030.
Companies participating in WWF’s Forests Forward programme have considerable reliance on forests and the services and products they provide.
It is estimated that on average, each household uses about 1kg of plastic bags per month and more than 80 per cent of them are discarded after being used just once.
Launched in February this year, the Plastics Innovation Programme 2025 attracted 116 proposals from many provinces and cities across the country. The initiative represents a shared commitment to ending plastic pollution and preventing plastic waste from entering rivers and oceans.
A court in central Việt Nam has sentenced six people to prison for illegally trading more than 2.8 tonnes of pangolin scales, one of the country’s largest wildlife trafficking cases.
According to the Institute for Tourism Development Research, plastic waste generated by tourists could triple by 2030 compared to 2019, reaching over 336,000 tonnes annually.
As Việt Nam revives its nuclear power ambitions, officials are stressing the importance of properly planned isolation zones to ensure public safety and environmental protection.
A new project promoting compact solar energy systems for households was officially launched this week in HCM City, marking a step forward in Việt Nam’s transition to cleaner and more sustainable urban energy.
Vietnamese scientists have developed a new AI-based system using satellite imagery to monitor water quality in Hạ Long Bay and Cửa Lục, offering a cost-effective alternative to traditional sampling methods.
While floodwaters have begun to recede in Bắc Kạn, Tuyên Quang and Phú Thọ, large parts of Thái Nguyên—one of the hardest-hit areas—remain submerged.
The HCM City People’s Committee has issued a decision which sets the service fees for collection and removal of solid waste on rivers and canals in the city.
The figures were highlighted in a Pre-Feasibility Study on a DRS tailored for single-use beverage packaging in Việt Nam, conducted by Eunomia Research & Consulting.
Meteorologists have warned that the impact of Storm Wutip signals a shift in seasonal weather patterns to increasingly extreme climate conditions, with traditional rules and timelines no longer applying.
Since 2023, while earning a stable income from selling banana bunches and banana flowers, local farmers in the Mekong Delta's U Minh Thượng District have begun repurposing banana trunks — once discarded or used as livestock fodder — into fibre for handicraft weaving and textile yarns.
