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. Staff from the station feed a turtle which was rescued from a trap. Photo plo.vn ĐẮK LẮK – The wildlife rescue …
Read More »Quảng Ngãi, Đà Nẵng approve endangered langurs conservation projects
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. An individual red-shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix nemaeus), an endangered primates species, is …
Read More »Green park for nature lovers
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 …
Read More »Young volunteers of Hà Nội Xanh clean up the rivers of the city
With the motto ‘Wherever we go, it’s always clean’, they have carried out campaigns to clean up and pick up trash in polluted rivers and canals with the aim to revitalise the city’s waterways. Members of Xanh Hà Nội share the love for the environment and determination to make a difference for a clean …
Read More »Hà Nội should promote its rivers and lakes more
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. West Lake is one of the largest of Hà Nội. Photo ktdt.vn HÀ NỘI – The capital city of Hà Nội needs to promote its …
Read More »Mekong Delta’s farmers apply measures to recover from drought, salinity
Trần Văn Phước, of Long An Province is pruning branches, creating canopy for trees and applying organic fertilisers to stimulate root growth across his lemon orchard. A local farmer applies organic fertiliser to help durian trees recover their roots after drought and salinity in the Mekong Delta province of Bến …
Read More »Fishermen in Bình Định Province collect trash from sea for shore
Trash collected by a fishing vessl off Bình Định Province brought to shore for recycling. Photo danviet.vn BÌNH ĐỊNH – After a 20-day trip at sea to the fishing grounds off Trường Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, vessel BD-99028TS captained by Nguyễn Văn Lai of Bình Định Province, returned to Quy Nhơn …
Read More »Deputy PM tells trade-industry ministry to develop project surveying wind power potentials
Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà chairs a meeting on removing obstacles for gas power and offshore wind power projects under the National Power Development Plan VIII on Thursday in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Văn Điệp HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà assigned the Ministry of …
Read More »Severe cold spell batters northern, central regions, bringing frost to mountainous areas
People dress warmly to drive on Monday morning in Hà Nội.—VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Tùng HÀ NỘI — A severe cold spell has been hitting the northern and north-central regions since Monday, bringing sub-zero temperatures to some places and causing frost in high mountainous areas, with the cold predicted to last …
Read More »Extended Producer Responsibility a tool to promote recycling industry, circular economy
Plastic waste in An Hải Commune, Ninh Phước District in the coastal central province of Ninh Thuận.— VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Thành HÀ NỘI — Extended Producer Responsibility is a new policy approach to deal with wastes, promote recycling and help the Government to achieve its environmental goals. Phan Tuấn Hùng, …
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