The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment have co-held a meeting to discuss measures to cope with climate change. Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Pham Khoi Nguyen reviewed...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi will invest VND105 billion in anti-drought projects for agricultural production next year, the Hanoi Moi newspaper reported Tuesday. Of the total, VND40 billion will be used to upgrade pump stations and improve water...
More than 1,490 hectares of forest were destroyed this year in 314 forest fires nationwide, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Some districts in 13 northern and central provinces have seen little rain recently and the prolonged...
The Red River plummeted to a record low water level of 0.66m at 1am on Tuesday, breaking the previous record of 0.76m which was set just over 107 years ago. Low rainfalls, a short rainy season and water storage at hydroelectricity plants were the...
Ho Chi Minh City clears some 5,000 cubic meters of sludge daily from its sewage system but dumps it untreated at other places, posing pollution risks, experts warn. Nguyen Trung Viet, head of the city Department of Natural Resources and Environment’...
Vietnamese authorities have revoked the licenses of three dangerous waste transporters for illegally dumping toxic materials and violating other safety regulations. The Environment Protection Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and...
Natural disasters left 481 dead and missing in Vietnam and caused total losses of VND23.2 trillion ($1.25 billion) this year, nearly doubling last year’s figure, the government’s General Statistics Office said Thursday. The calamities destroyed 279,...
More than 100 foreign writers and translators from 32 countries will gather in the largest-ever international conference on Vietnamese literature promotion which firstly held in Hanoi next January 5th and 10th. The conference aims to set up a close...
The Ministry of Education and Training has sent an official dispatch to request local departments, universities, colleges and vocational schools to ban smoking in line with the government decision from January 1st, 2010. Under the dispatch,...
Can Tho city has approved VND6.5 billion ($351,800) for a plan to support ethnic minorities in Co Do District from now up to 2010. As many as 255 households will be supported with housing and farming land valued at VND10 million each, 40 with VND3...
