Guerre civile en Birmanie : le trafic illégal de teck accélère la déforestation
La Une en Asie vous emmène aujourd’hui en Birmanie, pays qui abrite les dernières forêts de teck naturel au monde. Le trafic illégal de ce bois précieux, très prisé par l’industrie nautique notamment, explose depuis la guerre civile et accélère la déforestation.
China and its neighbors are ravaging the Mekong
Beijing’s formidable influence has traction because no country or authority officially controls the historic waterway.
Da Nang fines tourist firm $8,600 over environmental, food safety breaches
Authorities in Da Nang City, central Vietnam have imposed fines totaling over US$8,600 on a local company after its resort was found to have committed several administrative violations, including discharging untreated wastewater and breaching food safety regulations.
Journée mondiale de l’environnement : quel rôle pour la Thaïlande ?
Depuis 1973, la Journée mondiale de l’environnement se tient chaque année le 5 juin, avec pour objectif de sensibiliser, éduquer et mobiliser les communautés autour des enjeux environnementaux et climatiques.
Study shows Vietnam’s ethnic communities’ grapple with hydropower plant impacts
In June 2019, an early morning flash flood swept through the Bien La commune in northwestern Vietnam, ravaging crops and farmlands belonging to 60 families. The cause: the Su Pan 1 small hydropower dam, about 12 km (7 miles) upstream…
Vietnam’s response to controversial Mekong projects in China, Laos, and Cambodia
Vietnam is anxious about the geostrategic implications of upstream Mekong projects in China, Laos, and Cambodia. It faces the dilemma of protecting its vital interests in the Mekong while maintaining stable and cooperative relations with its three neighbours.
Ho Chi Minh City identifies traffic as main source of air pollution, intensifies control efforts
After years of research and monitoring data, Ho Chi Minh City has pinpointed road traffic as the primary contributor to deteriorating air quality and pollution in the city, prompting authorities to implement stricter control measures.
Powerful magnitude-7.7 earthquake in Myanmar sends tremors to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
A magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck Myanmar at 1:20 pm (Vietnam time) on Friday, with tremors felt as far as Ho Chi Minh City, according to the Institute of Geophysics.
Vietnam needs paradigm shift in mindset to tackle air pollution
Việt Nam needs a paradigm shift in the management of emission sources to hold entities accountable and address air pollution more effectively in the near future. Currently, air pollution in Việt Nam is a pressing issue.
Vietnam drags feet over ‘urgent’ pollution problem
Toxic smoke billows from a burning mound of plastic bags and leaves on Le Thi Huyen’s farm in Hanoi, a city battling an alarming air pollution surge that the communist government appears in no hurry to fix.
Unseasonal rainfall in southern Vietnam fails to relieve saltwater intrusion
The Southern Regional Hydrometeorological Center reported that the current unseasonal rainfall in southern Vietnam is not able to alleviate saltwater intrusion.
‘Airpocalypse’ Now : Vietnam at Crossroads of Progress and Pollution
Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, is ranked as one of the world’s most polluted cities in 2025. This dubious honour highlights the country’s need to balance rapid economic development with preserving the environment.
Ho Chi Minh City faces saltwater intrusion as dry season starts
Saltwater intrusion has affected Ho Chi Minh City as the dry season begins, with the saltwater line encroaching as far as Cat Lai in Thu Duc City and parts of Dong Nai Province, according to the Southern Regional Hydrometeorological Center.
Vietnam urged to embrace alternatives to plastics for sustainable future
A research group from the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment is sounding the alarm on Vietnam’s plastic waste crisis and advocating for a transformative shift towards sustainable alternatives.
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta to struggle with rising saline intrusion during Tet
Saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta region will intensify over the next 10 days, with several rivers having salinity levels of four parts per thousand that will extend between 25 and 50 kilometers.
Northern Vietnam’s rural areas grapple with air, water, and soil pollution
Rural areas in northern Vietnam are facing increasing environmental challenges, with air, water, and soil pollution worsening due to the impacts of craft villages, industrial zones, and agricultural activities.
Unesco to study development risks to Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay
Unesco will deploy a team of experts to assess possible risks for the conservation of Ha Long Bay in Vietnam as it is worried about development projects that may threaten the heritage-listed tourist attraction, the UN agency told Reuters.
Vehicles, industry, crop burning cause Hanoi pollution crisis
Hanoi’s air pollution crisis worsens as traffic, industry and burning of straw combined with unfavorable weather and inadequate monitoring stymie efforts to improve air quality.
Hang Son Doong : The world’s biggest cave, so ‘outrageous in size’ it fits 2 jungles and the ‘Great Wall of Vietnam’
Vietnam’s Son Doong cave is so large, you could squeeze 15 Great Pyramids of Giza inside it and fly a Boeing 747 airplane through some of its passages.
Hanoi’s air quality ranked second-worst globally by IQAir on Friday
Hanoi recorded the second most polluted air quality globally on Friday, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 210, following India’s Delhi with an AQI of 470, according to Switzerland-based monitoring platform IQAir.
Shooting the climate change messenger in Vietnam
Vietnam’s detention of environmental activist Dang Dinh Bach is a crime against human rights and the global climate struggle
In Vietnam, environmental defense is increasingly a crime
In the past two years, six prominent environmental defenders have been imprisoned in Vietnam, sending a chill across civil society in the one-party state.In the past, activists in Vietnam were often charged with spreading anti-state propaganda. More recently, ambiguous tax…
2 tons of garbage removed from Con Dao coral reefs
Divers have removed 2.1 tons of trash, including fishing nets and used packaging, from coral reefs and mangrove areas around Con Dao Islands off Vietnam’s southern coast.
Vietnam sentences yet another energy expert over renewables research
Although no official announcements have been made about the case, human rights groups report that Vietnamese energy expert Ngô Thị Tố Nhiên has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. Nhiên is the latest in a wave of prominent environment…
The intensifying impacts of upstream dams on the Mekong
The Mekong Delta of Vietnam stands to be most in danger in the time of accelerating and intersecting impacts from climate change and hydropower.
Dams, salt, and the sad fate of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Freshwater depletion and salinisation have become critical issues, while nationalism impedes cooperation.