Tien Giang: Preparing for environment- culture- tourism week 2012

On 3rd May, a meeting on preparing for environment- culture- tourism week 2012 was held by the Representative Office of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Ho Chi Minh City and the Tien Giang Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Activities celebrate 2012 World Environment Day

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will coordinate with Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee to organise activities marking 2012 World Environment Day (June 5) in the northern province.

Lao Cai: Hydro-power plants harms tourism

Five ongoing hydro-power plants at key tourist sites of Sapa town, Lao Cai province, have made adverse impacts on the landscape, environment and daily life of local people in Ho, Den, Lao Chai villages and Muong Hoa valley.

Dam projects destroy environment

It is a serious mistake to build so many hydro-power dams around the country since they ravage the environment, a seminar on the subject held in the Central province of Quang Nam's Tam Ky City on Monday heard.

World Conservation Congress 2012

IUCN (International Union Conservation Nature) will hold the World Conservation Congress (WCC) 2012 in September 2012 at International Convention Center (ICC), Jeju, South Korea.

Vietnam, RoK cooperate in green technology

A Vietnam-Republic of Korea forum on green technology was held on the afternoon of May 7th in Hanoi.

Rare mushrooms found in Cat Tien National Park

Two rare species of mushroom, the pleurotus cornucopiae and the césar amanita caesare, have been discovered in Cat Tien National Park.

Africa's last rhinos threatened by poaching

Decades of conservation efforts to save rhinos are coming undone, as surging demand for their horns in Asian traditional medicine has spawned a vast criminal trade powered by poaching.

Wild birds are crying

In recent years, rich people in big cities of Vietnam have acquired a new hobby: raising wild birds.

Heat wave creates threat of forest fires across Vietnam

The current prolonged hot and dry weather in the northern and central provinces has created a serious threat of forest fires across several provinces in the country, according to the Department of Forest Administration under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.