Developing tourism products from sand, salt and rubbish, thus diversifying the current poor sea tourism products in Vietnam is the latest idea initiated by the scientists of the Scientific Union for Sustainable Tourism Development STDe.
Some lakes and ponds in Hanoi have disappeared during the urbanization, while many others are getting narrowed, and many of them are getting seriously polluted.
The annual New Year boat race festival opened on Ly Son island in the central province of Quang Ngai on January 26.
Across southern Florida, rabbits, raccoons, bobcats and foxes have been disappearing at dramatic rates over the past decade, and invasive Burmese pythons are to blame, a US study said.
Gau Tao – a spring festival of H’Mong ethnic minority people – is a cultural event attracting a large number of visitors.
A lot of regulations have been promulgated, while a lot of action plans have been drawn up within the framework of the sea conservation strategy. However, not much has been done to protect the sea.
A rare pine tree, listed in Vietnam’s Red Data Book, has been on sale recently in the northern province of Lao Cai.
Authorities at central Da Nang City's Ba Na Nature Reserve have been urged to build more zoos and aviaries to ensure better protection for endangered species in the area.
"Four years ago, most Vietnamese businesses didn't understand what was cleaner production. However, until now, cleaner production has been disseminated throughout the country. Furthermore, the cleaner production in industry strategy until 2020 with a vision to 2025 aims to prepare for the popularization of cleaner production models after the Cleaner Production in Industry (CPI) component finishes by the end of this year.
Although state management of water resources has improved, it has still not reached an adequate level, according to HCM City officials.