A group of scientists who made a field trip to the area near Cat Tien National Park where two hydropower projects are planned said Thursday environment impact assessments for them could have been made up.
Local communities have an important role to play in the management and development of geoparks, said experts at the second Asia-Pacific Geoparks Network Symposium held in Ha Noi yesterday.
Locals report that they have spotted two tigers on the loose in Dong Nai province (near Ho Chi Minh City) but while military officials maintain they are actually tigers, forest officials say they could be dogs.
Natural disasters result in around 450 people being killed or going missing, and a loss of 1.2-1.5 GDP each year in Vietnam.
An alcohol production company shut down four years ago floods neighbouring homes with black smelly water every time it rains.
The lively morning calls of a rare species of gibbon has led to the discovery of the only known "viable" community of the talkative primates in remote Vietnamese forests, conservationists said Monday.
The second phase of the HCM City Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Environmental Sanitation Project could benefit from a public private partnership (PPP) arrangement under an agreement signed this week.
Hoi An, a World Heritage Site, opened its first solid waste treatment plant yesterday.The plant, in Bau Oc Thuong hamlet in Cam Ha Commune, was built at a cost of VND77 billion (US$3.7 million), most of which coming in the form of ODA credit from the French Government.
A new tropical island destination is emerging in Asia, but rather than offering itself as a glittering international playground, the intention is to retain the island’s charm as a rural retreat and natural habitat.
Large predators like sharks, lions and wolves are on the decline worldwide, a trend that is disrupting the Earth's ecosystem in all kinds of unusual ways, researchers said Thursday.