APEC members join hands to deal with floods

A seminar on how to prevent and deal with natural disasters is being in held the central province of Danang on July 28-29.

Da Nang Strives To Become Environment City

Da Nang is striving to become an environment city until 2015. Vietnam Economic News' Thu Huong spoke with Nguyen Dieu, the director of the Da Nang Department of Natural Resources and Environment about this target.

Protected trees axed for farms

Local authorities must take prompt action to prevent households from contributing to deforestation in Dac Lac Province's Ea Mroh Commune, according to a land surveyor.

Cat Tien environmental assessment full of holes: experts

With hydropower running amok in this country, local critics of neighboring dam projects are throwing stones in a glass house.

Coastal areas brace for tropical storm

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai this morning urged sea-going vessels to remain inshore as the Nock Ten tropical storm approaches.

Recycled batteries pose drain on villages

A number of Vietnam’s handicraft villages are seriously polluted through their practice of battery recycling.

Danang starts work on luxury resort

Hanoi-based Thanh Do Construction and Development Joint Stock Co. on Sunday commenced work on The Empire Residences & Resort project with the total investment of around VND10 trillion.

Features of naturally geographical areas in Vinh Phuc

This area is in the highly degraded stones, making into the long stretch in the direction of Northwest-Southeast, consisting of gnei stones which are rich of plagioclas, biotit, silimanit, which have the medium-age Proterozoi, and quarzit containing mica in Chiem Hoa formation.

Japan offers $129m for water

The Japanese Government has decided to provide between 10 and 15 billion JPY ($128.9 million - $193.3 million) for a water project in Viet Nam through the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA), Nikkei said.

Discovering ‘coffin museum’

Po Cung Grotto on Pha Hang Mountain in Thanh Hoa Province is the largest grotto cemetery in Vietnam.