20/12/2016 11:30
PSNews-The recently published report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) named “Strange species” announced 163 newly discovered species in the Greater Mekong region, including 87 found in Vietnam.
09/12/2016 13:55
The World Bank will fund a project to develop an air-monitoring system worth US$500,000 in Hanoi, according to Madhu Raghunath, leader of the WB’s Program for Sustainable Development.
26/11/2016 09:31
PSNews- Construction of upstream hydropower systems and unplanned exploitation of sand in the Vu Gia – Thu Bon river basin have led to adverse impacts, including erosion.
18/06/2018 17:24
A meeting was held in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on June 17 to respond to the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (WDCD).
16/06/2018 20:42
PSNews – The 6th Global Environment Fund General Meeting (GEF6) and related events will place in Da Nang City, Vietnam from June 23 to 29, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
13/06/2018 20:25
HCM City has set a target of treating 90 per cent discharged water into rivers and canals by 2020.
06/06/2018 20:54
PSNews - Some 100 youths of the Quang Ninh Provincial Police Department in collaboration with the Management Board of Ha Long Bay organized an environmental program in celebration of the World Environment Day with various practical and meaningful activities to raise the public awareness and sense of responsibility in protecting the environment.
31/05/2018 21:17
PSNews–The General Department of Police under the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on May 30 organized a conference in Binh Duong on dissemination of laws on environment, natural resources and food safety.
08/05/2018 20:25
Director of the Vietnam Institute of Economics Tran Dinh Thien has called for taking new approach to energy strategy, with saving energy in production and consumption as compulsory.
07/04/2018 14:52
Residents living along a river in Can Tho City in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta had to rush out of their houses on April 6 as erosion sank into the river bank, sweeping away the street at their front yards.
26/03/2018 21:02
Vietnam saved 485,000 kWh of electricity, equivalent to 834 million VND (36,612 USD), during the Earth Hour from 8:30pm-9:30pm of March 24, according to the National Load Dispatch Centre.
26/03/2018 15:33
PSNews - Climate change and the development in the Mekong basin are posing great challenges. Upstream hydropower dams have badly affected the river ecosystem and livelihoods of tens of millions of people in Vietnam’s Mekong basin. In fact, lower reaches of the Mekong are facing unprecedented risks.
14/03/2018 20:19
The heavy toll taken by coal-fired power plants has prompted many pro-environmental international organisations to oppose banks in several nations that plan to provide loans for these plants in Vietnam, which mandatorily still considers coal a big power generator for the energy-thirsty country.
02/02/2018 17:08
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on February 2 signed a $100 million loan facility agreement with China Everbright International Limited (CEIL) to help a series of municipal waste-to-energy (WTE) plants in primary and secondary cities in the Mekong Delta.
16/01/2018 20:21
PSNews - Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has just signed a decision on the establishment of the Phia Oac-Phia Den National Park in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.
15/01/2018 20:14
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) will continue to work towards an institutional breakthrough for promoting the agglomeration of land for large-scale agricultural production.
29/12/2017 15:02
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) plans to launch a communication campaign to promote the non-use of plastic bags as a prelude to its sea turtle conservation programme on Ly Son Island in 2018.
21/12/2017 21:30
Boasting huge potential for renewable power development, the south central coastal province of Ninh Thuan is working to lure investments in the sector, aiming to become Vietnam’s clean energy centre.
18/10/2017 15:16
PSNews – The organizers of the fair hoped to send a message and raise the public awareness on the urgent need addressing climate change.
15/08/2017 14:38
The People’s Committee of Tay Ho (West Lake) District of Hanoi has reacted to the recent rumour related to filling up the West Lake for building hotels.