National event for Int'l Environment Day launched in Hue

Environmental pollution must be stopped, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said at an International Environment Day event in Thua Thien Hue this morning.

Experts, scientists mull ways against climate change

Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) in conjunction with Australia ’s Monash University hosted an international seminar in Hanoi on June 5 to discuss policies to efficiently deal with climate change in Vietnam.

Message on World Environment Day

VIENNA, 5 June (UN Information Service) - We live in a world of plenty, where food production outstrips demand, yet 870 million people are undernourished and childhood stunting is a silent pandemic.

Youth for Environmental Action

Responding to the World Environment Day on 5 June, in the city of Da Lat (Lam Dong province), the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment launched a program titled "Youth for environmental action."

Dien Bien: a safe, natural environment for swallow storks

Recently, (Dien Bien province) flocks of thousands of birds have flocked to Dien Bien valley.

World Environment Day aims to reduce food waste

Think. Eat. Save. Reduce your foodprint. That's the theme of World Environment Day 2013, to be celebrated on the 5th of June in Mongolia.

Nam Dinh to pilot national biodiversity database system

Nam Dinh has been selected as the first province in the country to pilot a project to develop a national biodiversity database system.

Efforts protect mangrove forests

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has provided the central province of Thua Thien-Hue with more than 710 million VND to help the province plant more trees in its mangrove forests from 2012-2014.

Clean up tour of Ha Long Bay

Handspan Travel Indochina will run a non-profit Ha Long clean up tour targeted at environmentally conscious travelers late this June.

Plan aims to help wild elephants

The forests along the Viet Nam-Laos border were once home to many wild elephants. But today, barely 100 remain.