More than 1,000 antiques by 22 collectors from UNESCO Vietnam Center are part of the ‘Back to land of heritages’ exhibition from Wednesday to April 20 as part of the Hue Festival.
More than 40 wireless internet transmitters will be installed along National Highway 18A in Ha Long City this month to supply free wifi, according to the provincial Department of Information and Communications.
The Education for Nature (ENV) has launched a film making competition called “Say No to Bear Gall” to encourage Vietnamese people to protect bears in Vietnam.
In the framework of “Strengthen the capacity of Vietnam tourism” project sponsored by the Spanish government, and “Management and development of ecological tourism (ecotourism)” task, Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) held a workshop on "Clarifying the contents of ecotourism handbook in Vietnam" on March 28.
An exhibition of works by 17 artists from Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and the Philippines will open in Hanoi on April 12 and then in Ho Chi Minh City one month later.
The Earth Hour 2012 campaign, with the slogan ‘I Will if You Will’ calling for different organizations, businesses and people to act against global climate change, drew the participation of hundreds of thousands of young people in Hanoi and HCM City on March 31.
A forum on fighting climate change was held in Thailand recently. Viet Nam News spoke to Robert Mather, head of the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Southeast Asia Group, about the project.
Environmentally friendly bags will be used at supermarkets in Ho Chi Minh City on April 5, 12, 19 and 26 as part of activities in response to a campaign to minimise the use of nylon bags for a better environment.
When hearing about monkeys and gibbons, one would think about the high mountains and thick forests, far away in the northern or western poles of the country. However, there is a kingdom of golden monkey located near people’s area – in Hai Duong province, 70 kilometers far from Hanoi.
A ceremony to announce Ha Long Bay as one of the world’s seven new wonders of nature will be held in Hanoi on April 27 and in northern coastal Quang Ninh province on May 1.