In recent years, the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has become an important partner for the Ramsar Convention in promoting wetland conservation as a means for achieving sustainable economic development of the local communities living within and around wetland sites.
(TITC) On July 5, in Lac Village, Mai Chau District, Hoa Binh Province, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), World Vision and Australian Aid organized training course on ensuring safety for children in tourism activities. It is a part of Project Childhood from 2012 till 2014 in order to enhance capacity for prevention of child sexual exploitation in tourism.
Restoring and protecting the ecosystem, forest resources, genetic diversification and saving precious animals to preserve the biodiversity-- have all prove to be urgent tasks in Vietnam.
Warnings have been repeatedly given to the government of Vietnam over the last many years, after scientists realized the harsh impacts of humans on the special-use forests nationwide.
The Forest Protection Sub-department in the southern province of Ca Mau on Sunday released a large number of wild animals, weighing 20 tons in total, into U Minh Ha National Park.
Despite the broiling sun, people still try to climb to Hong Linh Mountain these days to look for mat nhan – or eurycoma longifolia jack - the plant which can treat all diseases. It’s unclear what diseases the plant can treat, but the mountain has been destroyed because of the people’s cupidity.
South Korea came under pressure Thursday from outraged governments and environmentalists to scrap plans to kill whales under a "scientific" research programme denounced as a sham.
The life of wheelchair users got a little more convenient Tuesday (Junly 3) when the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Transport Cooperatives introduced eight green buses, including two for people with disabilities.
If sea levels rise by 2 metres, up to 92% of the Mekong Delta region’s total area will be innundated, according to the country’s latest climate change scenario announced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
HCMC chairman Le Hoang Quan on Monday sat down with the World Bank (WB) representatives to discuss funding for the second phase of the city’s environmental sanitation project worth US$470 million, with the global lender expected to supply US$450 million.