Highlighting Environmental Protection

Saigontourist Holding Company, established in 1975, is currently the biggest travel company in Vietnam leading in environmental protection projects.

It’s time to think green

Viet Nam would not sacrifice the environment for immediate economic benefit, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung reiterated before the National Assembly last week.

Vietnam’s unique landscape perfect for geo-parks

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.

Tien Giang joins Japanese group in researching solar energy

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 agrees funding for protective forest project

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.

WWF helps restore Mekong Delta habitats

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.

Ba Be Lake - a haven of serenity

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Old artisan preserves the soul of embroidery

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.

Coconut chopsticks: help protect the forest

Tan Son Village in central Ninh Thuan Province became famous for producing a beautiful assortment of high quality ebony chopsticks in the 1980’s.

The man who preserves national culture

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.