Many craft villages were seriously polluted, the latest national environmental report showed. The report, National Environmental Report 2008: Viet Nam Craft Village Environment, is part of Ministry of Natural Resources

Illegal hunting has increased rapidly at border regions of the southern Cat Tien National Park recently, but forest rangers say the park’s location, spread over three provinces, makes their job

Japan has just signed an agreement to help Hai Phong become a model city in the country for environmental management and sustainable development. The agreement was signed last Friday between

The Ha Noi Department of Natural Resources and Environment has sent three inspection teams out to monitor firms suspected of dumping toxic waste into the Nhue River. Head of the

Policy makers, managers and scientists from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia and representatives of international organisations and donors are attending a consulting seminar on water and sanitation in Mekong region which

The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong is rapidly losing large tracts of tropical forests, with rangers struggling to cope with increasing illegal loggers. Deforestation intensified during the last year,

The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and the Environment Police Department will carry our surprise inspections of all factories operating in high-pollution industries. These included chemical, textile, dye, food

The Norwegian government has pledged 1.8 million USD toward the building of the Green One UN House in Vietnam. The grant agreement was signed in Hanoi on Apr. 15 between

Environment police officers from 28 provinces in the central and southern regions are participating in a 3-day training course held by the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network (TRAFFIC) in the central