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.
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.
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.
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.
IUCN (International Union Conservation Nature) will hold the World Conservation Congress (WCC) 2012 in September 2012 at International Convention Center (ICC), Jeju, South Korea.
A Vietnam-Republic of Korea forum on green technology was held on the afternoon of May 7th in Hanoi.
Two rare species of mushroom, the pleurotus cornucopiae and the césar amanita caesare, have been discovered in Cat Tien National Park.
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.
In recent years, rich people in big cities of Vietnam have acquired a new hobby: raising wild birds.
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.