Ba Ria - Vung Tau Department of Natural Resources and Environment has just released a report on current environment protection in tourism industry and some resolutions to secure environment quality for tourism development.
A hi-tech greenhouse system imported from Israel early this year has helped meet the demand for organic vegetables on Phu Quoc island, which must transport most of its needed produce from the mainland. The 4,200sq.m greenhouse, located in Cua Duong commune, includes a drip irrigation control system that allows for cultivation of up to 50 kinds of vegetables year-round.
According to some functional agencies' proposals, only thorough restriction on hundreds of restaurants which are doing their business on the West Lake can save this unique beauty spot of the Capital. The Tay Ho District People's Committee says the West Lake's water is getting contaminated as those businesses have been pouring untreated sewage into the Lake.
The Cultural - Tourist Environment Week, co-organised by Southern representative office of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and BR-VT People's Committee, wrapped up on July 4 at Vung Tau City's Cultural House.
Japan will continue to provide 6 million USD in aid for afforestation along sandy coastal areas in central Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces. Notes of exchange for the second phase of project-PACSA 2, under an aid scheme by Japanese Government, were signed in Hanoi on July 6 by Japanese Ambassador Sakaba Mitsuo and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat.
While Bay Mau Lake inside Thong Nhat Park has been a destination of relax for people in the south of Ha Noi for more than half a century, the nearby Ba Mau Lake, has become severely polluted, said Ha Dinh Duc, from the Capital Nature and Environment Protection Association.
Saigon Co.op, Vietnam’s leading distribution chain operator, will offer free plastic shopping baskets under a program called “Co.opMart for green environment” to its members and VIP card holders and to customers with purchases over VND500,000 from July 4 to 12.
A trans-Vietnam cycling tour to publicize environmental and wildlife protection set off from Hanoi’s Back Thao Park on June 29. The tour, “Journey along Truong Son Range,” was organized by the Vietnam Nature and Environmental Protection Association, Thua Thien-Hue Province’s Centre for Children and Youth, and the Cycling Club for Environment C4E.
Visiting Sapa during the summer, visitors will enjoy the wild beauty, pure air and cool climate at famous waterfalls at the foot of the magnificent Hoang Lien Son Mountains. These waterfalls have become attractive tourist sites in Sapa, including Thac Bac, Cat Cai, Lanh, Tinh Yeu and Nam Cang.
Traces of a rare type of gayal were found in Phuoc Binh national park in Bac Ai district, sourthern Ninh Thuan province, reported conservationists. Technical officers have conducted field observations in the buffer zone near the nature reserve and found out a gayal that usually visits the hilly farming area cultivated by the locals.