WB: environmental pollution costs Vietnam 5.5 pct of GDP
Environmental pollution costs Vietnam up to five percent of the national GDP annually, according to recent assessments made by the…
Rare langur returned to national park
An endangered primate (known scientifically as Delacour’s lutung) was returned to the Hoa Lu – Van Long special-use forest in…
Foreign partner withdraws from biofuel project
VietNamNet Bridge – The Japanese partner in the Ethanol Binh Phuoc project has decided to withdraw from the project on…
Mekong hit by climate change
VietNamNet Bridge – A new study on Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in the Lower Mekong Basin released on March…
Kilns in Hau Giang Province polluting
VietNamNet Bridge – More than 1,000 charcoal-producing kilns in southern Hau Giang Province’s Chau Thanh District and Nga Bay Town…
Rotterdam, HCM City to work on climate change
Ho Chi Minh City and Holland ’s Rotterdam city are set to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that…
Weather forecast centre warns dangerous rainy season
As many as 13 tropical storms will reach the East Sea with half of them likely to hit Vietnam, Bui…
Mekong greatly challenged by climate change
A new study on Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in the Lower Mekong Basin has revealed that the effects of…
The battles for water getting more violent
VietNamNet Bridge – Where there are hydropower plants, the battles between the local people and the plants’ developers have been…
Scarce food forces gaurs to plunder
VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal poaching and shrinking habitat are forcing endangered Gaurs to encroach on farmland in southern Dong Nai…