InnovGreen is the only forestry enterprise in the foreign economic sector to win the environment-friendly title, part of the Rong Vang (Golden Dragon) prize, to be announced in Hanoi on January 10, 2009.
The Bao Son Group officially inaugurated a park in Hoai Duc district of Hanoi on Jan. 10, 2009 marking it first in the country offering a wide range of attractions that promote Vietnamese traditional culture.
Planning on visiting Taiwan? Leave your Marlboros at home.Taiwanese authorities on Sunday, January 11, 2009 banned smoking in all indoor public places in what anti-smoking activists say is a 'milestone' in turning Taiwan into a smoke-free island.
HCM City’s cai luong (reformed theatre) artists are preparing a variety of new and engaging shows that they hope will light up the local stage during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year).
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.