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.
Companies welcome common standards as Vietnam prepares CO2 rules
Coca-Cola, UOB say state policies are needed to protect environment
Vietnam temperature records tumble as heatwave scorches
More than 100 temperature records fell across Vietnam in April, according to official data, as a deadly heatwave scorches South and Southeast Asia.
Saltwater intrusion in Mekong Delta increasingly severe, unseasonable
Saltwater intrusion from the sea up rivers has affected the Mekong Delta’s freshwater supply more than a month earlier and more badly than normal, an agriculture ministry agency has reported.
Cambodia’s Funan Techo canal could upset Mekong Delta ecosystem
Construction of the Funan Techo Canal from the Mekong River to the Gulf of Thailand will cause water shortages and increase salinization in Vietnam’s already parched Mekong Delta, experts said.
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta faces new saline intrusion wave
Salt water from the sea is forecast to intrude deeper into rivers in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta in the next 10 days, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
The high costs of Hanoi’s low air quality
My biggest concern during holidays and festivals is my children’s health since they have to travel between their maternal and paternal grandparents’ homes in the south and north.
Hanoi sees zero days of good air quality in March
Hanoi observed 29 days of unhealthy air quality the past month, with only one day enjoying moderate air quality.
Temperatures reach 41 C in northern Vietnam as summer arrives a month early
The summer heat has arrived in northern Vietnam a month earlier than usual, with temperatures soaring to 41 degrees Celsius in some places.
France provides loan for Hoi An anti-erosion project
The French Development Agency will provide 42 million euros (US$45.7 million) between now and 2028 to fund works to prevent coastal erosion in Hoi An City. The Ministry of Finance and the European Union (EU) on Friday signed an agreement…
Le canal Funan Techo, un enjeu stratégique
Le canal Funan Techo, financé par la Chine, doit réduire la dépendance cambodgienne vis-à-vis du Viêt Nam. Cependant, des préoccupations environnementales et des incertitudes financières persistent.
Cambodia to divert Mekong trade via China-built canal, vexing Vietnam
Planned Phnom Penh-coast link raises alarms amid regional influence tussle
Vietnam among top 20 waste-producing countries
Vietnam is one of the 20 largest producers of waste in the world, discharging approximately 60,000 metric tons of garbage per day, higher than the world average level, a local official said last week.
Vietnamese capital Hanoi tops list of most polluted cities
The streets of Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi were enveloped in thick smog on Monday which dramatically reduced visibility due to air pollution caused by high levels of particulates from vehicle emissions and construction-linked fine dust.
Thaïlande : plus de dix millions de personnes affectées par la pollution de l’air en 2023
Plus de dix millions de Thaïlandais ont eu besoin d’un traitement médical en raison de problèmes de santé liés à la pollution de l’air en 2023, a indiqué une agence gouvernementale, qui appelle à plus d’action de la part des…
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta ‘rice bowl’ cracks in monster February heatwave
Southern Vietnam’s hot weather peaks in April or May, with temperatures around 39 degrees Celsius, but February saw ‘abnormal’ highs of 38 degrees. More than 80 canals have dried up in one district of Ca Mau province, where agricultural production…
Salt intrusion ruins tap water sources in Mekong Delta
Tens of thousands of families in the Mekong Delta’s Ben Tre Province have to use salt-contaminated water as salt intrusion is affecting several water factories in the area.