Whale shark caught in Ca Mau province

A large, strange-looking fish was caught off the southernmost province of Ca Mau on November 5, 2008.

Sai Gon – Quy Nhon hotel wins first award

Sai Gon – Quy Nhon hotel won the first award in the new and existing building category in the 2nd energy-efficient building competition held by the energy saving center.

Wildlife aplenty in the market and on the menu

A small trader from Nga Bay Town in Hau Giang Province advertises a king cobra on sale for VND 4 million (USD 238), offering blood she says can be ingested to treat incurable diseases.

Protect children from exploitation in travel and tourism

As tourism and international travel across the globe reaches unprecedented levels, so does the need to combat child labor and sexual exploitation in the global travel industry - that is why the United Nations body for tourism is taking action now.

Tourism development must be planned and sustainable

In his business schedule to South Vietnam, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh has visited and worked with the People’s Committee of Binh Phuoc Province. In addition to issues regarding orientating the development of cultural, sports and tourism, the Minister also visited and examined the attractions here.

Golf course crushes farmers’ livelihoods

For the last several years, farmer Bach Cong Thiem from northern Hoa Binh Province has had to carry his load of bananas on foot for three hours to sell at a nearby market during harvest seasons.

InnovGreen helps Nghe An green bare areas

The InnovGreen Nghe An Co. Ltd has presented more than 220,000 acacia trees to Con Cuong, Tuong Duong and Que Phong mountainous districts in central Nghe An province to help them green bare hills.

Ninh Binh: where memories are made

With royal ruins, limestone mountains, caves and crystal rivers, northern Ninh Binh Province has nearly everything a visitor could want.

Poverty-Environment Photo Contest

Surpassing 1,639 photo entries, the photo “Morning Dew” by Dao Hoa Nu won First Prize of the “The relationship between Poverty and the Environment” photo contest that was held by the Vietnam Photographers Association in coordination with the Vietnam Environmental Economic Association. The photo contest was sponsored by the poverty reduction project of the UNDP (United Nations Development Program).

Vietnamese people speak out against wildlife consumption through WWF’s Design Contest

Hanoi, 15 October 2008-. WWF Greater Mekong and TRAFFIC Southeast Asia held the Awards Ceremony of the national “A Matter of Attitude” Print Ad Design Contest. An exhibition of the contest’s most outstanding artworks accrued from the competition was also launched and is open to the public. The contest and exhibition are part of a four-year awareness raising campaign that WWF and TRAFFIC are conducting to reduce the widespread illegal consumption of wildlife products in the country, with funding by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).