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• International cooperation boosted to deal with post-war AO/dioxin residues

  (VOVworld)- Scientists have highly rated a South Korean microbiological method to detoxify soil contaminated with the Agent Orange/dioxin sprayed by the US during the war in Vietnam. The method was presented at a workshop in Hanoi on Thursday by the Korean Biological Company, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Korea Institute of Toxicology, and Korea Rural Company & Agriculture Corporation. It was the result of a joint project conducted by the Vietnam Association for the Conservation of Nature and the Environment and the Korean partners with the goal of finding solutions to detoxify land in A Luoi district –…... [read more]

• Scientists hail RoK’s detox measure for AO/dioxin

  The method was presented at a workshop held in Hanoi on September 29 by the RoK’s Biological Company (BJC), Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), Korea Institute of Toxicology (KIT), and Korea Rural Company & Agriculture Corporation (KRC). It was the result of a joint project conducted by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE) and the RoK partners with the goal of finding solutions to detoxify land in A Luoi district – a site of many fierce battles in the wartime in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. The VACNE and Korean partners have…... [read more]

• Straight to the summit: A step forward or back?

  VietNamNet Bridge – At 3,143m, Fansipan, commonly revered as the Roof of Indochina, is located in the northern Vietnamese province of Lao Cai. I have always dreamed of visiting it. The peak is famous for not only its glorious dreamlike mountain scenery, but also for the arduous trek to get there. My dreams are now not so far from my reach thanks to the opening of the state-of-the-art Fansipan Legend cable car system in February. However, the controversy over the new cable car system came as no surprise, and created in me mixed thoughts about this special structure. Illustrative image…... [read more]

• How is the environmental fee being used?

  VietNamNet Bridge - Mass fish deaths in the central region. Environmental accidents in many localities. Despite these events, people do not receive support from local authorities, though they must pay many environment taxes and fees. Local fishermen said they have to pay the environment fee indirectly when buying petrol and oil for fishing, production and transport. In 2015-2016, people have to pay VND3,000-4,000 in environment protection fee for every liter of petrol and oil they buy. A report shows that in 2016, the revenue from environmental protection taxes and fees was VND38,000, while spending was VND12.29 trillion. A series of…... [read more]

• Civet species thought to be extinct found in central Vietnam

  VietNamNet Bridge – The large-spotted civet species recently discovered in the Phong Dien Nature Reserve in Hue city was previously considered to be extinct in Vietnam and China by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). According to the Forest Protection Department of Thua Thien - Hue province, Phong Dien Nature Reserve and the Viet Nature recently conducted a camera trap program and recorded the images of nine endangered species at the global level. Among them are two species of civets with the scientific names Owston's civet Chrotogale owstoni and Large-spotted civet Viverra megaspila. The Owston's civet Chrotogale owstoni…... [read more]

• Two century-old trees in Thua Thien-Hue recognised as heritage trees

  Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – Two ”bop” trees aged over 250 years in Ha Lang village, Quang Dien district of central Thua Thien-Hue province have been recognised as Vietnam’s heritage trees. A ceremony to receive the certificate by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE) was held in the province on September 20. The trees stand as tall as 40m and 38m, respectively with trunks of 6m and 4.5m in diameter, lying in front of the communal house of Ha Lang village. According to the local elderly, the trees were brought from the upper reaches of the Bo…... [read more]

• Đà Nẵng prosecutes officials for illegal logging

  Viet Nam News Đà Nẵng - The central city of Đà Nẵng has decided to prosecute officials allegedly responsible for illegal logging in a nature reserve on Sơn Trà Peninsula. The head of the forestry department, Trần Viết Phương, confirmed yesterday that the forest destruction was discovered at an eco-tour site. In an inspection of the 18-ha Thủy Sơn Trang Trà site on April 29th, the Sơn Trà-Ngũ Hành Sơn Forest Protection sub-department found 16 big trees had been logged. The total volume of the logs was 63.4 cubic metres. Phương said the eco-tour site owner had violated regulations on…... [read more]

• Central Vietnam records endangered civets

  Managers of the Phong Dien Nature Reserve in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue yesterday announced that two civet and seven rare animals which were believed to be in the extinct in the globe were recorded in the reserve. Owston’s CivetChrotogale owstoni is found in the Phong Dien Nature Reserve in Thua Thien-Hue (Photo: SGGP) A camera traps, set up by the nature reserve and the Viet Nature Conservation Center, have been used to capture images of the rare and elusive carnivores took a photo of two kinds of large-spotted civets, a species that was believed to be…... [read more]

• Endangered civets spotted in central Vietnam

  Camera traps have been used to capture images of the rare and elusive carnivores. A large-spotted civet, a species that was believed to be extinct in Vietnam, has been spotted in the Phong Dien Nature Reserve in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue. The civet is one of nine rare species found using camera traps set up by the nature reserve and the Viet Nature Conservation Center, according to a joint statement released recently. The species are all named on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Another rare civet, the…... [read more]

• Spain’s Donana wetlands going dry, WWF warns

  MADRID - It’s one of Europe’s most important wetland reserves, a World Heritage site full of lagoons, woodlands, pristine beaches and dunes, home to more than 4,000 species including the endangered Iberian lynx. But the WWF warned on Thursday that the Donana wetlands on Spain’s southern coast, which also act as a crucial refuge for Europe’s Africa-bound migratory birds, now only receive a fifth of the water they need, in part due to illegal farming. In a report, the environmental group added that the site faces further damage with nearby mining, gas and dredging activities that could potentially see UNESCO…... [read more]