Environment

Vietnam in top 10 for worst air pollution

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.
Strange bird appears in Son La Environment

Strange bird appears in Son La

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.
Environment

Whale worship still thrives

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

Biodiversity corridor to benefit central provinces

The Vietnam Environment Administration on Jan. 12 officially launched the largest ever biodiversity conservation project, aiming to establish a biodiversity corridor in three central provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue.
Environment

Three countries aid clean water project

The governments of Australia, the United Kingdom and Denmark will provide Vietnam with aid worth 93 million USD to implement phase III of the National Goal Programme (NGP) on Clean Water and Environmental Hygiene.
Environment

PM urges national action plan on climate change

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung urged the National Committee on Climate Change to promptly complete a national action plan on climate change, while chairing the committee’s first session in Hanoi on Jan. 11.
Growing threat to biodiversity Environment

Growing threat to biodiversity

Biodiversity and the natural environment in central Vietnam are being increasingly degraded due to economic development, according to a recent study by the Vietnam Environment Administration's Biodiversity Conservation Department.
Environment

Cold snap draws tourists to hills

Icy weather brought winter chills to the Mau Son Tourism Area in mountainous Lang Son Province on Jan 5 morning after a severe cold spell hit northern Vietnam, according to the provincial Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Centre.