Amid worsening droughts and saline intrusion, global efforts are needed to secure the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta’s prosperity and protect livelihoods. Bồ Xuân Hiệp provides insights into the matter.

Việt Nam is highly dependent on water resources not within its control with seven out of 13 major river basins in Việt Nam being transboundary, and more than 63 per cent of the total water resources generated outside of the border.

The Standing Office of the National Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control and the Office of the National Committee for Natural Disaster Response and Search and Rescue on May 31 sent an official dispatch to authorities from the northern province of Quang Ninh province to the central province of Ha Tinh, requesting them to monitor storm Maliksi and prepare response measures.

Initial observations indicated high levels of coral bleaching and mortality, primarily due to the El Niño-induced rise in bottom seawater temperatures in April and May.

A school recycling competition has collected nearly 9,500 kilos of used cartons in Bình Dương Province.

Having been recognised as the UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve site in 2009, Chàm Islands-Hội An has been boosting the conservation of flora and fauna species on land and sea, making it an ideal destination for eco-tours and a rich biodiversity conservation project in Việt Nam.

There are currently 14 langurs in Mount Cô Tô, Tri Tôn District in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.

A baby pangolin was successfully born by a rescued mother Sunda Pangolin (Manis Javanica) – one year after the mother pangolin was rescued and cared at capture breeding at the rescue central of Vinpearl River Safari South Hội An in the central province.

Bình Phước Province will expand the cultivation of timber forests to improve their value and growers’ incomes.

The animals are all on the list of endangered, precious, and rare animal species in Decree No. 84/2021/NĐ-CP of the Government on management of endangered forest plants and animals and implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

The Deputy Minister spoke at the International Day for Biological Diversity 2024 event held on Wednesday in Hội An City, highlighting the need for the effective implementation of the National Biodiversity Strategy to 2030.

Localities need to have a concerted solution to implement the “three pillars” of early action of improving information, planning and implementing early action, and arranging available financial resources

Prolonged heavy rain that started on Monday flooded Giao Long Industrial Park, Bến Tre Province’s largest industrial park, by Tuesday morning (May 21).

A series of solutions from pumping sand in to nourish the beach and building embankments have been implemented that are expected to completely revive this beautiful coast.

Hà Nội's Department of Natural Resources and Environment will conduct a comprehensive inspection of the city's centralised waste treatment facilities.

Deforestation for farming has always been a problem in heavy agricultural countries. However, Thanh Hóa province of Việt Nam is pushing for aforestation and urging farmers to switch to sustainable forestry.

Covering 650 hectares in the northeast of Tam Kỳ City, the capital of Quảng Nam Province, the wetland ecology system of the Đầm River is a unique rich biodiversity store and a ‘green’ lung for the coastal urban and central region.

Built from 2015 to 2021, the museum has set up professional partnership with a number of museums and agencies, including the Việt Nam Museum of Nature, the Central Coast Nature Museum, and the Green Viet Centre.

The Management Board of the Xuân Liên Nature Reserve in the central province of Thanh Hoá is carrying out a project to monitor northern white-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus leucogenys) at the nature reserve in the 2024-26 period.

Fruit orchards in southern provinces such as Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu and Đồng Nai have alarmingly low yields due to a lack of irrigation water caused by heat waves and dry weather.