A huge amount of discarded electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste), particularly refrigerators, computers and mobile phones, is said to pose an alarming threat to the environment throughout Viet Nam.
Vietnamese scientists have announced the discovery of 30 species of do quyen (Rhododendron) in the Hoang Lien national park in Lao Cai, a northern mountain province.
Don village was dubbed the “elephant kingdom” in the Central Highlands for its tradition of taming wild elephants and also worshipping them. But those days are gone. Elephants in the wild are being killed in large numbers now for their parts and there’re few left to tame.
On the last leg of a five-day trip, a group of Korean tourists stopped in at a bear farm in the northern province of Quang Ninh. After several minutes of observing the bile harvesting process and haggling over the prices, the matter was settled.
The Tet Flowers Festival will kick off in Tao Dan Park in HCMC’s District 1 on January 28, or five days ahead of the Lunar New Year, displaying flowers of various types and gathering artisans from home and abroad, according to a plan just approved by the city government on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has assigned the Vietnam Institute of Literature and Art to set up a project on the preservation of the space of gong culture in the Central Highlands.
An array of rotten elephant bodies was recently discovered in Daklak--shot dead with large-caliber bullets in illegal hunts, police investigation concluded. Wild elephants in the area are being pushed to the brink of extinction.
Many people were astonished to see the legendary turtle in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake carried a red-eared turtle on his back in the afternoon of December 18.
The Organizing Committee for Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on December 15 has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands (VASI) for “Study for conservation and restoration of marine environment in Vietnam” and “Study on climate vulnerable coastal areas in Vietnam”.
Six Senses Resorts & Spas on Monday inaugurated what is the only five-star resort on Con Dao Islands, about 230 km southeast of HCMC.