Da Nang, a coastal city in the central region, is a place where you can relax and visit many beautiful places. With all the hills, mountains, islands and sea, Da Nang is always filled with fresh air.
Co Vien Lau, a cultural tourist site located in the heart of the Tam Coc-Bich Dong Tourist Site (Hoa Lu district, Ninh Binh province), covers 21,000 sq.m. Here visitors can see 25 old houses built in the style of the 18-20th century Red River civilisation, homes that are made of precious timber with intricate wood carving that has a distinctive local flavour.
Phu Yen is naturally endowed with a nearly 200 km coastline and a great many gulfs, lagoons, beaches and islets. The province also has rivers, mountains, lakes, hot spa areas and valuable tangible and intangible cultural heritage sites.
Ba Be Lake, a 450 ha fresh water lake, 150 m above sea level, in Ba Be National Park in northeastern Bac Can Province. Ba Be National Park is an abundant bioreserve area containing the world’s only fresh-water karst lake and several rare species of fauna and flora. This year Ba Be National Park celebrates its 5th anniversary as an ASEAN Heritage Park.
Up to 150 government officials and experts from the Mekong region attended the Regional Forum on Mekong River Commission’s (MRC) Climate Change and Adaptation Initiative, which opened in Bangkok, Thailand, on Feb. 2, 2009.
The Saigon Zoo has welcomed a new citizen: the first giraffe which was born at the zoo.
The air is filled of smoke. A group of men puff on their cigarettes like chimneys as they sit facing a sign which proclaims "No Smoking!" in the lounge of Ha Noi’s Buu Dien Hospital.
Hanoi’s tree-planting festival was launched at its new urban area of Viet Hung in Long Bien precinct on January 30, 2009 the fifth day of the first month of the lunar Year of the Buffalo.
Despite the evolving global recession, there is a real opportunity if world leaders succeed in aligning short-term response to the economic meltdown; medium-term response to the development agenda; and long-term response to the climate imperative.
Public awareness regarding the relationship between poverty and the environment has been on the rise recently, thanks to the tireless campaigning efforts of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment over the past three years.