Saigontourist Holding Company, established in 1975, is currently the biggest travel company in Vietnam leading in environmental protection projects.
Viet Nam would not sacrifice the environment for immediate economic benefit, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung reiterated before the National Assembly last week.
Vietnam possesses the potential to create geological parks of an international standard in the northern region of the country, said the Director of the Research Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources of Vietnam (RIGMR), Dr. Nguyen Linh Ngoc.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang and Japan’s Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) Group have agreed to cooperate in two projects researching application of solar energy.
Japan has pledged a grant package of JPY 534 million (roughly USD 5.6 million) for an afforestation project on sand dunes along Vietnam’s southern central coastal region.
A collaborative project between the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and soft drink maker Coca Cola has restored almost 2,000 ha of grasslands in the Mekong Delta, boosting fresh water conservation efforts, the company says.
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Ba Be can be described as a place of peace and serenity. The beautiful lake in the northern province of Bac Kan is listed as one of the world’s 20 largest freshwater lakes.
When one sees Pham Viet Dinh’s long fingers rhythmically working with a needle and thread, it’s hard to believe that he is already 77 years old. The man looks younger and stronger than his age with his bright eyes, close-cropped snow-white hair and long white beard.
Tan Son Village in central Ninh Thuan Province became famous for producing a beautiful assortment of high quality ebony chopsticks in the 1980’s.
While the genres of national theatre are fading due to the prevalence of the contemporary arts, people still respect an old man who has a passion for and is devoted to ancient Tuong (classical drama), an art on the verge of falling into oblivion. It is Professor Hoang Chuong, a leading expert in Vietnamese Tuong.