Da Nang to sparkle with fireworks displays

The fifth Da Nang International Fireworks Competition, themed “The colour of Da Nang” will take place on April 29-30 with the participation of five teams.

The Ramsar Convention and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) join forces to celebrate World Wetlands Day – Wetland Tourism: a great experience

From the Great Barrier Reef to the Okavango Delta, the Danube Delta and many other thousands of wetlands, the human love for watery places has sustained tourism and recreation in wetlands around the world for countless decades. 2 February each year is World Wetlands Day.

Proposed power project to be assessed

An institute in HCM City will conduct new environmental impact assessments of two proposed power plants 6 and 6A that would reclaim 154ha of forested land in Cat Tien National Park in southern Dong Nai Province.

Vietnam to improve 100 polluted areas

A project, which is carried out in 11 cities and provinces nationwide between 2011 and 2015, is expected to improve the environment in seriously polluted areas in these localities.

Ten sea reserves to be established by 2015

Ten sea reserves and 19 inland waters reserves will have been established and put into use by 2015, according to a national program on protecting and developing seafood resources till 2020.

Hue’s tourism sector targeted toward green growth

Managers, researchers and experts from the US, Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Vietnam gathered at an international seminar on tourism in Hue city on February 14.

Danang to host international parasailing competition

At least 50 foreign participants have registered to take part in the first parasailing competition to be held in Danang City in May.

Protecting preventive forests remains a thorny struggle

Local residents and illegal lumberjacks have been ignoring the laws and destroyed the forests. Meanwhile, local authorities say they do not know about that because they are not reported.

Wastewater kills thousands of fish in Quang Ngai

The wastewater from the Dung Quat Bio-Ethanol Plant is being blamed for killing thousands of fish and other marine life in Quang Ngai Province.

Vietnam seriously lacks water monitoring stations

In order to prevent the pollution for river valleys and minimise the sources that cause pollution, it’s necessary to control the water quality with the water monitoring systems. Meanwhile, there are very few such systems.