The program to limit the use of nylon bags has initially worked in changing Hanoians' habit of taking that bags in daily life and shopping.
The US will continue to support Vietnam’s efforts to cope with climate change, US State Secretary John Kerry has said, adding that a 17 million USD project will be implemented to this end through the US Agency for International Development.
A project aiming to strengthen national capacity to develop sound policies relating to natural resources management and environment protection was launched on December 15, 2013 in Ha Noi.
The Biodiversity Conservation Agency (BCA) under the Vietnam Environment Administration on December 12 held a seminar to seek contributions to a draft communication strategy on reducing illegal consumption of wildlife.
A survey conducted in Ha Giang Province, beginning in September, determined that 108 to 113 Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus avunculus) are living in the Khau Ca Species and Habitat Conservation Area.
A color photograph exhibition themed ‘Hanoi and Color’ opened in Hanoi on December 9, displaying 60 stunning images of Hanoi taken a century ago.
Vestiges of prehistoric people dating back some 2,500 years have been found at Thai Binh Trung commune, Vinh Hung district, the southern province of Long An.
According to researcher Bui Trong Hien of Vietnam Academy of Fine Arts, recognition by UNESCO of art forms as World Heritage contributes in encouraging people to maintain, preserve and also use the title to promote such national pride for tourism.
Emerged as three islands on the sky, the three peaks of Tam Dao Mountain Range, namely Phu Nghia, Thach Ban and Thach Son at an altitude of 1,500 metres, have long been the most popular tourist destination in Vietnam’s northern province of Vinh Phuc. This land is a gentle silk ribbon that connects the country’s northern mountainous provinces with Hanoi and northern lowland provinces.
The Mekong Delta coastal province of Tra Vinh has planted significantly more hectares of mangrove forest in a bid to recover its protective forest to adapt to climate change.