The ninth Guide Awards ceremony will be held on July 11 -12, 2008 in Dalat City. The Guide Awards are sponsored annually by the executive of the Vietnam Economic Times to celebrate the best products and services in the tourism sector in Vietnam.
More
than 200 delegates from 17 regional countries are attending the Asian Wetlands
Symposium 2008 in Hanoi to share information and experiences in
wetlands management.
On June 6th,2008, in Nha Trang, Ministry of Natural resources and Environment in coordination with Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa launched meeting to celebrate nternational Year of Planet Earth 2008 and World Environment Day.
In recently years, Binh Thuan has drawn a lot of tourism investment projects. The province’s aim in 2008 is to welcome 2 million tourists in which 180 thousand foreigner tourists. In order to develop tourism combine with sustainable environment protection, projects are required to pay attention to environment protection.
Thanks to the efforts of a local tourism company, a coral reef in Nha Trang is being successfully rehabilitated. The coral reef is east of Hon Lao Island in Khanh Hoa province and it has recovered an area of 4ha, close to its original size.
A flock of 126 red-headed cranes have returned to Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta after six months of migration. The park’s deputy director Nguyen Van Hung said the flock, including 24 baby birds, has increased by nearly 100 birds compared with eight years ago.
Pollution is nature's health hazard. Rubbish, waste and toxic materials are a great threat to coastal and marine areas. They have a severe, negative impact on the ocean environment, its plants and animals and the people that live on the coast.
A recent training course for 40 wildlife and environmental activists has raised professional awareness against wildlife poaching and trafficking in Southeast Asia and especially Vietnam.
Thousands of marchers are expected to turn out for the “Walk for the Environment” event around Hoan Kiem on June 1 organised by the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE) as part of a series of Environment Day 2008 events.
In the framework of ASEAN Tourism Forum 2008-ATF held in Bangkok (Thailand) from 17 to 26 January 2008, ASEAN Secretariat has granted ASEAN Green Hotel Awards for hotels in 10 ASEAN countries.