The Ministry of Health has taken stronger preventive measures against the Zika virus across the country, particularly in central Phu Yen province where a local man recently tested positive for the virus. The ministry’s Department of Preventive...
Experts have warned that Vietnam is in danger as Thailand, Laos and Cambodia are speeding up their Mekong water diversion plans. With the support of Pan Nature (People & Nature Reconciliation), a team of experts have conducted a fact-finding...
Animals Asia said it has successfully rescued a moon bear that had been kept in a cage for more than 10 years. The rescue was conducted in coordination with the Forest Management Department of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. The bear was...
Tons of fish were found dead in a pond at the 29/3 Park located in Vietnam’s central city of Danang, with a foul smell upsetting many local visitors. Most of the dead fish were adult tilapias, some of which weighed up to two kilograms each. A...
Tropical storm Mirinae which swept through northern Vietnam between July 27 and July 29 has left big losses, including seven deaths and missing, financial damage worth VND3.5 trillion ($157 million). Pham Dinh Nghi, chairman of Nam Dinh People’s...
Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang has pledged to bring any individuals and organizations to light for their involvement in an environmental pollution case caused by Taiwan-invested Formosa Hung Nghiep Ha Tinh Steel Corporation, state media reported...
At least four people died, seven missing and one got injured in floods happened in Vietnam’s northwestern province of Lao Cai when tropical storm Nida swept the northern region and left a low-pressure area, state media reporting, citing an official...
Vietnam will shut down Taiwan-invested Formosa Hung Nghiep Ha Tinh Steel Corporation if the company is found to violate law on environment protection one more time, state media reported, citing Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The PM said at a...
Vietnamese students have bagged two gold medals and one silver medal at the 48th International Chemistry Olympiad in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi, state media reported. Specifically, 11th grader Dinh Quang Hieu from the High School for Gifted...
A man has found a 250-kilogram (500lb) bomb while digging a pond in his backyard in Haiphong in northern Vietnam. Local military officials removed the bomb to a safe disposal site after it was unearthed on July 27. Experts said the 1.5-meter-long...
