This is a game where the swift win, and the smart seize opportunities, he noted, emphasing the importance of bringing into play these opportunities to move from being behind and less developed to going "side by side" and eventually leading.

Việt Nam joined ten other member countries of the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) at the second AZEC Ministerial Meeting held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 21.

The stranded sea turtle, a Chelonia mydas (commonly known as the green sea turtle), was a male weighing around 70kg.

Although the atmospheric state is gradually shifting to the cooler phase of La Nina, Việt Nam’s central region and many countries around the world are facing prolonged intense heat, increasing the risk of forest fires.

Vũng Tàu is renowned for its beautiful beaches but it faces challenges from a significant amount of ocean waste. Volunteers from the Blue Sea Club are doing their best to keep Vũng Tàu’s beaches clean and pristine.

After a two-year hiatus, the return of nesting turtles to the area is a positive sign, the management board of Hòn Cau Marine Protected Area said.

The new decree includes eight new provisions in the forestry sector.

A new genetic resource conservation and sustainable use plan for the period of 2026-2030 will be developed and submitted to the Prime Minister in the first quarter of 2025.

Construction of Tâm Sinh Nghĩa waste-to-energy plant, the first of its kind in HCM City, has begun in the outlying district of Củ Chi.

Having an accident leading to broken tusks, an eight-year-old fostered elephant in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk had both removed by expert veterinarians.

The second annual Net Zero Challenge contest to seek technological solutions to address climate change began in HCM City on Tuesday. With prize money of VNĐ15 billion (US$630,000), it is open to Vietnamese and foreign startups, research teams, and non-profits working in climate technologies.

It reported that it has discovered 130 trai lý trees, 25 đỉnh tùng trees and 120 trà hoa trái mỏng trees in Pù Luông forests.

Ngọc Hiển District in the southernmost province of Cà Mau has already suffered from 20 riverbank erosion this rainy season though it has only just begun, and the resultant losses are estimated at over VNĐ1.3 billion (US$50,700) besides the adverse effect they have had on the lives of local people.

The planning project’s objectives are to proactively prevent and control environmental pollution and degradation; to restore and improve environmental quality; and to prevent decline and enhance biodiversity in order to ensure the people's right to live in a healthy environment.

The National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting identified this year's rainy season as particularly complex and unpredictable.

With over 40 million tonnes of straw produced yearly across the country, efficient recycling and reuse can deliver significant benefits to farmers while contributing to Việt Nam's commitments made to the international community to reduce the country's emissions.

The city’s unique natural features with a dense network of rivers and lakes creates the distinctive geographical and beautiful, characteristics of the capital city.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially recognised Cát Tiên National Park in southern Vietnam as the 72nd addition to its prestigious Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas. The park is the second Green List site in Việt Nam, along with Vân Long Wetland Nature Reserve in Ninh Bình Province, which was recognised in 2021.

Two conservation projects on the protection of two endangered primates species – red-shanked douc langurs and grey-shanked douc langurs – have been approved by the central city of Đà Nẵng and Quảng Ngãi province in central Việt Nam.

The hospital is now treating and caring for rare and precious wild animals such as pangolins, clouded monitors, binturongs, civets, stump-tailed macaques, rhesus macaques and ferret badgers.