Most of the nearly 2,000 hotel rooms on Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta Province of Kien Giang have been fully booked since the end of last year. Mr. Pham Quoc Thai of the Sao Bien resort revealed that the island sees a great number of local and international tourists.
Sea Festival 2011, themed: “Nha Trang - the sea rendezvous” will take place from June 11 to 15 in Central Coastal city of Nha Trang, in Khanh Hoa Province with nearly 50 cultural, art and sporting activities.
In a cramped city, by turning terraces into a beautiful garden which grows a wide range of trees and flowers, you can create a green space to relax after hard-working hours. This type of gardens help reduce temperature and balance humidity in the city.
The United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference - COP 16 - held in Cancun (Mexico) at the end of last year affirmed that the primary reason for climate change is forest burning and deforestation, increasing the amount of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. Thus, forest protection has been highlighted as an important measure to cope with climate change.
Vu Thi Xen, 24, is the founder and face of an award-winning project to promote environmental issues among young people. Xen has devoted much of her youth to green issues. The first time Xen understood the importance of environmental preservation was during an encounter with a club called Cycling for Environment.
In the past few days, the Red River’s water has turned into dark blue from its traditional redness and the river stinks badly as water level is dropping sharply. Red River or Song Hong is the most famous river in the north, being named after the water’s time-honored redness.
The implementation of a tax on plastic bags which began this year has kick-started the production of biodegradable and eco-friendly bags, but to date there are still no official regulations for these environmental friendly products.
The central province will create a 16,500-hectare reserve to protect the saola, a forest-dwelling bovine found only in Vietnam and in Laos. Quang Nam Province People’s Committee has announced the official plan to establish a nature reserve to protect saola - a critically endangered wild ox.
Global Eco-Business Forum will take place in Hanoi on February 25 with an aim to promote collocation in eco-friendly technologies between Vietnam and Japan, according to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).
By Feb. 17, 36 red-headed bare-necked cranes had flocked to Tram Chim Bird Sanctuary in the Mekong delta province of Dong Thap. Director of the sanctuary Nguyen Van Hung said that the cranes, which are listed in the World’s Red Book of Threatened Species, returned to the sanctuary to find their available food – nan glass.