Da Lat tourism map to better serve visitors

A tourism map for the Central Highlands city of Da Lat is being completed to better serve visitors to the Lam Dong culture-festival week scheduled for late 2013 in the city.

National Strategy for Bio-diversification ratified

The PM has just approved the National Strategy for Bio-diversification till 2020, with a vision toward 2030.

Economic zone construction causes beach erosion

Local people in a village in Ha Tinh Province are facing serious coastal erosion due to the dredging activities at the Vung Ang Port under construction nearby.

Finland- financed water supply project in Bac Kan

Work on a water supply and sanitation project, which receives the Finnish Government’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) of nearly €11 million, began in Northern Bac Kan province on August 1.

VND 2 billion to restore three ancient houses in Hoi An city

The central Quang Nam provincial People’s Committee has decided to support and advance nearly VND2 billion to restore three ancient houses in Hoi An city.

Lam Dong targets 4.3 mln tourists in 2013

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has designed numerous packages to lure more tourists to Da Lat city between now and the year-end, heading to the target of 4.3 million tourists in 2013.

Ha Noi finds help to monitor wildlife trade

Volunteers are being encouraged to join ‘Education for Nature, Vietnam' (ENV) this Saturday to identify restaurants, bars and other businesses around the city to ensure that the wildlife protection laws are being adhered to. High priority cases will be referred to the authorities.

Ancestral worshipping house pulls visitors into Hoi An's Old Quarter

Situated in a narrow alley on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street in Hoi An City, there stands a house built in 1806 that sheltered 14 generations of former headmasters of the Royal Army, Nguyen Tuong Van's (1774-1822) family.

Nanotechnology to be used in Cham tower restoration

The central province of Quang Nam will apply nanotechnology in the restoration work on the Cham towers.

UN launches REDD phase 2 in Vietnam

The second phase of the United Nations’ “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” (UN-REDD) projects has been officially launched in Vietnam.