Vietnam requires at least USD 15 million to eliminate ozone depleting substances in accordance with the Montreal Protocol over the next 15 years, a climatologist said on Dec. 12, 2008.

The world must avoid backsliding in fighting global warming and work out a “Green New Deal” to fix its twin climate and economic crises, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on

A seminar on the protection of water resources and ecosystems opened in central Thua Thien-Hue province on Dec. 13, 2008 attracting some 70 scientists from international organisations, domestic research institutes,

Environment ministers of a number of countries have raised support for Vietnam’s proposal to establish a special programme to assist the five nations most affected by the rise of sea

Nature creates amazing things. Take, for example the spring named “Suoi Nuoc Mooc” in the world heritage site of Phong Nha – Ke Bang, where columns of water rise up

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Forestry Department and the Ministry of Public Security’s Environmental Police Department agreed to co-operate on forestry protection on Dec. 11, 2008.

On Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 the authorities of Con Dao Island District, in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, signed a principle contract on power purchasing with

A Vietnamese company has released its first batch of self-dissolving plastic bags – a product that promises to solve a big environmental problem.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a budget of more than VND 2.3 trillion for a national programme to cope with climate change from 2009 to 2015.

They may not be rich but Ta Man and his wife refuse to sell their precious relics from the pre-Christian Oc Eo era to foreign collectors. The treasures belong to