A green economy is the best option for sustainable development, especially for developing countries like Vietnam. This opinion was shared by many of the participants at a seminar on‘green economy and sustainable development’, which was held in Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang Ninh on June 4.
Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh Province has been recognised as setting a national record for the bay with highest number of islets.
Viet Nam joins the 150 or so countries around the globe to celebrate World Environment Day on June 5th with a series of events starting yesterday in Quang Ninh Province.
The Management Committee of the Cat Tien National Park (Dong Nai Province, South) has announced the discovery of three rare varieties of mushrooms. This is the Pleurotus cornucopiae, the Lentinula platinedodes and the Caesars amanita (Amanita Caesare).
A filmmaking team from Thailand recently began to shot the first scenes of a documentary featuring the daily life of Vietnamese people living on the banks of the Mekong River.
The 130 hectare Bac Lieu Bird Sanctuary, of which 60 hectares consists of old forested land, was established over a century ago in Nhà Mát District, Bac Lieu City. The area has been preserved and developed in recent years and experienced a consequential tripling in bird numbers.
Activities in response to World Environment Day (WED) and the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All will be held on Sunday and Monday at Halong City, Quang Ninh Province.
In June, the tourism month on caves discovery will take place in Quang Binh to promote local tourism products to domestic and international tourists and call for investment to social-economic development in the province. This is an activity of Quang Binh province responding to the National Tourism Year of the North Central Coast - Hue 2012.
Hon Thi Island is on the way to Nha Phu Lagoon for tourists who are visiting Nha Trang but if you bypass this little gem you are missing out.
The first floating toilet in Vietnam, developed by the HCMC University of Architecture, Holcim Vietnam and Petech Corporation, was put into use last Friday at Cai Rang Floating Market in Can Tho City.