(TITC) - Located in the Northwest of Vietnam, Sapa has been an attractive tourism destination for domestic and international tourists for years. Sapa has beautiful mountainous scenery, cool climate and especially the rich diversity in ethnic groups and cultures, which greatly helps to develop community-based tourism.
An illegal trade network of dugongs and other marine species in southern Kien Giang Province's Phu Quoc Island has been detected by Wildlife At Risk (WAR), a HCM City-based non-profit organisation, following reports from local residents.
Vietnam’s government likes to deliver development through top-down national plans such as Program 661, the five million hectare reforestation program (that ended in 2010 and ended up replanting 2.5 million hectares over 12 years).
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The central city of Hoi An yesterday (September 9, 2012) launched its first Car Free Day campaign, coinciding with its annual Nature Day in which over 5,000 people participated.
The terraced fields in Hoang Su Phi District in the northern province of Ha Giang, have been recognized as a national heritage site by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
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We were running a bit late – had a flight to catch – so my wife brought a tiny plastic tub of yogurt into the taxi to feed our youngest. We were approaching the bridge over the Red River when she passed the near-empty tub and plastic spoon to me in the front seat.
The local authorities of Ha Long Bay have taken a series of serious actions to stay away from pollution caused by the non-smoking industry and boost sustainable growth.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has recently reviewed the project on assisting the establishment of a resource circulation system with local people’s involvement at Ha Long Bay, in Quang Ninh province, in the 2009-2012 period.
An international seminar on dialogue and information sharing on climate change in the northern region was held in Hanoi on August 31. The event aims to share and update policies relating to climate change, strengthen dialogue and information exchange from the central to grassroot levels and build action plans to cope with climate change.
The Yok Don National Park has asked local authorised agencies to conduct an investigation into why two wild elephants died on Aug. 25 in Central Highlands Dak Lak Province's Ea Sup District. The elephants - one female and one male with his tusks removed and his trunks cut out - are believed to belong to a herd of 29 wild elephants living in the national park.