The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will help the central province of Quang Nam develop local economy through a project on building new products and trademarks and distributing agricultural and handicraft products at roadside stations in the province.
Local households living near the Stork Island in northern Hai Huong province participated in a training course on building community-based tourism products on the island on October 22-23.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has sent a document to the Prime Minister to ask for approval of the project on the preservation and promotion, as an intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent protection, Xoan singing in Phu Tho province in the 2013-2015 period.
Staff of the Saola Nature Reserve in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have discovered the existence of giant muntjacs (Muntiacus vuquangensis), a rare animal species, in the area.
The Cat Tien Rescue Centre for Endangered Wild Animals is taking care of a number of individuals of rare animal species listed in the Vietnam’s Red Book.
Eighty one tea growers and three foreign delegations will take part in the second Thai Nguyen Tea Festival from November 9-11.
The Ha Long bay International Marathon 2013 and the first Vietnam-Japan Cultural Exchange 2013 will take place at Bai Chay Tourism Area in Ha Long city on October 27.
The Bamboo, coconut and neohouzeaua craft village center of Cam Thanh commune (Hoi An city) has recently been brought into operation.
With unique architecture filled with ecological characteristics, the communal house in Suoi Re Hamlet, Cu Yen Commune, Luong Son District of northern Hoa Binh Province, won the 2012 Green Good Design Award given by the US and was ranked in the Top 7 of the Ecowan Awards by the World Architecture News.
Invasive species are encroaching upon the Dong Nai Culture-Nature Reserve, threatening the biodiversity of the site.