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Vietnam will not sacrifice environment for economic gains: Deputy PM

14:48 | 08/08/2017

Vietnam will not exchange environmental protection for economic development, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung told UN Environment Program chief Erik Solheim in Hanoi on Monday.

Tobacco kills 7 million people every year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO

08:26 | 31/05/2017

Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday (May 30th), also warning of the dire environmental impact of tobacco production, distribution and waste.

100,000 youngsters in central province join environmental campaign

16:22 | 30/05/2017

A summer youth volunteer campaign and a beach-cleaning activity were launched on Sunday in the central Thanh Hóa Province, to observe World Environment Day 2017 (June 5).

WannaCry virus attacks 1,900 computers in VN

15:33 | 17/05/2017

Some 1,900 computers in Việt Nam have been attacked by WannaCry virus – one of the largest-ever cyber-attacks affecting computers across the globe.

Monsanto accused of destruction of environment in Vietnam

10:39 | 20/04/2017

Biotech giant Monsanto “has engaged in practices which have negatively impacted the right to a healthy environment, the right to food, and the right to health’’, five international judges comprising the “Monsanto Tribunal’’ declared Tuesday.

Green Sunday" campaign attracts youth to clean the environment

15:14 | 17/04/2017

With a strong sense of responsibility for a green and clean capital city, young volunteers from the National Charity Club joined hands to remove waste from Hanoi’s To Lich River on April 16-4.

Formosa must comply with environmental requirements

14:31 | 05/04/2017

Formosa Ha Tinh Steel, a unit of Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics, has rectified 51 out of 53 violations since it has caused an environmental breakdown in Central Viet Nam a year ago, Government official released the information to the press on Monday.

Vietnam on high alert of avian influenza virus intrusion

08:55 | 22/03/2017

The A/H7N9 and A/H5N1 avian influenza viruses may enter Vietnam through poultry smuggled from China and Cambodia and wild birds, an official from the Ministry of Health (MoH) has said.

USAID programme helps protect environment in Nam Dinh

13:39 | 03/03/2017

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Vietnam and the Red Cross Society in the northern province of Nam Dinh launched a tree planting campaign to protect the environment in Nam Dien commune, coastal Nghia Hung district on March 2nd.

Expert: Zika virus disease still sees complicated developments

11:23 | 17/02/2017

Although the number of Zika virus infection cases have dropped, the disease could break out on a large scale if no preventive plan was implemented since the beginning of the year, said a health expert.

MONRE: Sea environment to be examined regularly

10:45 | 07/02/2017

(VNF) - The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has asked four central provinces to provide regular reports on marine environment quality.

Environmental standards to be tightened in 2017

15:31 | 11/01/2017

Projects which fail to meet waste treatment requirements would be rejected, and completed projects would only be put into operation when their treatment of waste water treatment met environmental standards, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has stressed.