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03/02/2012 | 16:31:04

The La family living beside the Da river in Quynh Nhai district of northern mountainous Son La province has caught a strange bird coming from the nearby rocky mountain.

WB supports Vietnam to tackle climate change

The World Bank (WB) on Feb. 2 approved a 70 million USD credit project to help Vietnam tackle climate change challenges.

Mau Son mountain covered with ice and snow

Ice and snow covered Mau Son mountain in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son in the early morning of Jan. 25 as the outdoor temperature plunged to minus 0.2 degree Celsius.

Vietnam in top 10 for worst air pollution

07/02/2012 | 11:26:04

Vietnam is listed amongst the top ten countries with the worst air pollution in the world, according to the 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) released during this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Red-headed cranes return to grass field in Kien Giang

02/02/2012 | 15:40:35

The Lepironia articulate grass field in Phu My commune, Kien Luong district, the southern province of Kien Giang, has received the first flocks of red-headed cranes.

Whale worship still thrives

02/02/2012 | 14:22:41

The exclusively Vietnamese custom of people in certain fishing villages worshipping whales is certainly not a thing of the past.

Plan to perfect air-quality monitoring system underway

31/01/2012 | 11:08:02

Hanoi has begun to modernise old air-quality monitoring stations this year under a plan approved by the Hanoi People's Committee.

Strong cold spell hits northern region

31/01/2012 | 11:01:00

A new cold air mass hit most northern provinces of Vietnam on Jan. 30.

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PM calls for securing single digit inflation
PM Nguyen Tan Dung stressed controlling inflation at a single digit for 2012.

Largest Vietnamese pottery exhibition in US
Over 200 exhibits are on display at a Vietnamese pottery exhibition, the largest of its kind, in the US from Jan. 22 to April 8.

Bio-ethanol plant rolls out first batch of product
Dung Quat Bio-Ethanol Plant in Quang Ngai on Feb. 3 turned out the first batch of product.

US Assistant Secretary of State visits VN
The US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell had a meeting with Vietnamese officials in Hanoi on Feb. 2.

Bridgestone starts work on Hai Phong plant
Bridgestone Vietnam received an investment certificate to build a car tyre manufacturing plant in Dinh Vu Industrial Zone.

US veterans want to bring VN lessons to world
US war veterans showed their astonishment at the miraculous revival of the war-torn country.

Yen Tu Buddhist spring festival begins
The Yen Tu Pagoda Spring Festival opened in Quang Ninh on Feb. 1, the 10th day of the first lunar month.

Visitors flock to Hung King Temple
More than one million of visitors from across the country visited the Hung Kings Temple in Phu Tho during Tet.