Many people in HCM City did not know that the city would be hit by the first storm of 2012, Pakhar--so they still were on the road when the storm came.
A national Green Climate Fund will soon be set up to facilitate future financial flow from the global Green Climate Fund into Viet Nam.
Switzerland is casting two plaques of Ha Long Bay in bronze to prepare for the official recognition ceremony of the New Seven Wonders of Nature.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) recently released an announcement outlining the prohibition of importing several species of pythons into the United States, including the python molurus bivittatus, which is being bred for export in Viet Nam.
A 15-kilo fish with a flat body, short tail, and round head was caught by a fisherman off the central province of Nghe An.
An exhibition, called “ Riverscapes In Flux”, opened in the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi on Apr. 12. Organised by the Goethe Institute in Hanoi , the exhibition showcases the works of 17 young artists from Vietnam , Thailand , Myanmar , Cambodia , Indonesia and the Philippines.
A large number of rare and precious woodland plants have been discovered in Cat Ba National Park in Hai Phong province.
Phu Quoc Island of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is set to become an eco-tourism and international trading centre.
Scientists in An Giang Province have successfully reproduced a rare fish species, which is listed in red book.
A new cave which is considered to be the most beautiful cave of Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba Islands area has been discovered earlier this month in Viet Hai commune, Cat Hai district (Haiphong).