Mekong canal dispute fuels tensions between Vietnam and Cambodia
In August 2023, Cambodia announced plans for the 180-kilometre Funan Techo Canal on the Mekong River, a major infrastructure project valued at $1.7 billion and funded by China as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. This canal is intended…
L’industrie est la principale source d’émissions de PM2,5 à Hanoï
Le groupe de recherche Envim de l’Université nationale du Vietnam à Hô Chi Minh-Ville a récemment publié les résultats d’une étude sur la pollution par les particules fines (PM2.5) dans la capitale dans l’Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment.
Why Ho Chi Minh City’s air quality is deteriorating
With 12 million cars and motorbikes, a slew of transportation and urban development projects and outdated waste-treatment technologies, Ho Chi Minh City’s air is becoming increasingly polluted, experts warn.
Air quality in Ho Chi Minh City deteriorates in 2025
Air quality in Ho Chi Minh City has shown signs of decline in 2025 compared to previous years, driven primarily by rising fine dust pollution and traffic.
Ho Chi Minh City plans 157 monitoring stations to combat pollution
Ho Chi Minh City plans to install 157 air quality monitoring stations to track pollution trends, provide early warnings of health risks, and support the creation of new emission control policies.
Hanoi continues to choke in ‘very unhealthy’ air as smog blankets northern Vietnam
Northern Vietnam woke up to a thick, unmoving blanket of smog on Dec. 9, with air quality in Hanoi and nearby Hung Yen Province plunging into « very unhealthy » territory for hours.
Vietnam’s forest carbon credits draw global interest
International businesses and organisations are showing strong interest in sourcing carbon credits from Vietnam, including forestry-based credits. A new survey by Swiss carbon finance consultancy South Pole indicates growing confidence in the country’s potential to supply the international carbon market.
EV makers in Vietnam likely to be exempted from battery collection, recycling requirements
Manufacturers of electric vehicle batteries in Vietnam are likely to be exempted from collection and recycling responsibilities, as producers currently do not have battery waste to recycle.
Hanoi wakes up to toxic air as real-time monitoring portal goes offline
Hanoi was blanketed in hazardous smog Sunday morning as air-quality levels spiked into the “very unhealthy” range across the capital and much of northern Vietnam, the first severe pollution episode of the 2025–2026 winter.
Vietnam’s Con Dao National Park added to IUCN Green List
Con Dao National Park in Ho Chi Minh City has been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Green List, the third protected area in Vietnam to receive the designation.
Hanoi is choking on air pollution beyond the city limits
Hanoi attracts international attention as not only a charming cultural capital, but also one of the most polluted cities in the world. In late 2024, Andrew Goledzinowski, then Australian ambassador to Vietnam, wrote on his social media that he was cutting his…
Farmers displaced by $1.5bn Trump golf course reportedly being offered rice and cash
White House denies suggestions resort in Vietnam presents conflict of interest amid row over compensation rates
Rapid development, legal changes put pressure on Vietnam’s forestland
Rạch Tràm fishing village stretches along the northern coast of Vietnam’s Phú Quốc Island. Surrounded on three sides by the forests of Phú Quốc National Park and facing the Gulf of Thailand on the other, with Cambodia visible across the…
Vietnam will ban fossil-fuel motorcycles from central Hanoi over pollution concerns
Vietnam will ban fossil-fuel motorcycles and mopeds in the heart of the capital, Hanoi, starting July 2026, as part of a nationwide effort to curb air pollution, state media reported.
Hanoi to ban single-use plastics at downtown restaurants, cafes starting October
Vietnam’s capital Hanoi will ban single-use plastics at restaurants, cafes and drink shops in its downtown Ring Road 1 area starting October, under a pilot program aimed at cutting the city’s mounting plastic waste.
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.