Over 100 delegates from 10 ASEAN countries, along with three of the group’s partners, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, attended a ceremony to launch the 2012 ASEAN Environment Year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 17-18.
The Prime Minister has approved an urgent action plan through 2020 to save the elephant population in Vietnam.
A lot of well-known tourism sites throughout the country have become vast dumping grounds. More famous tourism sites seem to have more rubbish because they attract more visitors.
The central province of Quang Nam has approved a proposal to invest nearly VND 50 billion (USD 2.396 million) to build a 15,800-hectare (39,000 acres) natural reserve for the saola, or 'Asian unicorn'.
A young man has killed two monkeys and then showed off his “achievement” on Facebook. However, his savage action has been violently criticized, while he has been described as “emotionless cold-blooded person.”
The HCMC government has approved a plan for earthquake and tsunami responses in the city, in which the force to be mobilized in case of disasters consists of nearly 30,000 people.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will assist southern Tien Giang province to exploit its tourism potential and strengths to boost rural economic development.
Pham Van Thien, a skilled stonemason, works every day in his densely dust covered village without the aid of a safety mask in Hoa Lu District's Ninh Van Commune in the northern province of Ninh Binh.
An international seminar on Ha Long Bay will be held in Ha Long City in Quang Ninh province on July 24.
Hanoi will develop six key tourism clusters around different features in and near the capital, according to the Hanoi Tourism Plan to 2020, with a vision to 2030 that was approved by the Hanoi Municipal People’s Council last week.