The domestic paper industry needs to increase collection and recycling of waste paper generated in offices and homes to reduce costs and improve competitiveness, experts say.
In 2008, Ngoc Lac district (Thanh Hoa Province) planted 1,115 hectares of forest, reached 111.5 percent of plan, and increased 10.2 percent compared with 2007.
After this journey, I will go to my office everyday by bicycle. A cross-country bicycle journey begun by three young men from Ha Noi is raising awareness of the public about the importance of saving the environment by reducing car and motorbike emissions.
The southern province of Dong Nai has approved a master plan on environmental protection to prevent and mitigate environmental pollution and degradation in industrial zones and urban areas.
The project in three central provinces – Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa – will raise local people’s awareness of marine turtle conservation and how to save turtles that are caught in fishing nets, Nguyen Thi Dieu Thuy, WWF’s fisheries officer, said.
The Prime Minister has approved a plan to preserve the My Son Sanctuary in central Quang Nam Province for the 2008-2020 period in a sustainable manner.
After 4,000 years of history, the dynasties of the past have bequeathed Vietnam with a wealth of cultural artifacts. Minh Thu discovers how the very act of preserving these vestiges may be hastening their destruction.
Gia Lai Province in Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) is set to host the 2009 Gong International Festival in Pleiku city in the third quarter of this year.
Vietnamese and American scientists have uncovered a new species of lizard in a cave on Hon Tre Island, the buffer zone of the Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve. In the past year, Vietnam found 26 new vertebrates.
Two young pupils, one from Ha Noi and the other central Nghe An province, were awarded with special prizes on Jan 3, 2009 for winning a drawing competition for kids, which calls for an environment without cigarette smoke.