The fourth forum on natural resources and cultural preservation, towards the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta, took place in the southern province of Dong Thap on May 21.
The Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve has officially become the 580 th biosphere reserve of the world and one of the eight world biosphere reserves in Vietnam.
Sung Sot Cave, the most beautiful grotto in Ha Long Bay, is being smeared and destroyed by waste and small changes.
A collection of woodblocks printed with Buddhist Sutras was officially listed as world heritage by UNESCO yesterday.
The northern province of Thai Binh has been selected as the first locality in Vietnam to implement a five-year project on local energy planning, from 2012.
The country's most populated city has adopted a programme to save power and promote the use of renewable and environmentally friendly energies.
The provincial People’s Committee approved the plan of "Planning construction subdivision of Con Son Center – Con Dao district - with 1/2000 scale".
Vietnam is looking to conserve and develop its population of domestic wild tigers in order to, with other countries, help double the global number of wild tigers over the next decade under a new draft national programme.
People in the Asia-Pacific region, especially the poor, have to face the complex impact of climate change including changes in precipitation, drought, flooding, extreme weather events and sea-level rise.
German experts shared experience with Vietnam in combating soil pollution at a seminar in Hanoi on May 15.