Environment

Experts have rung the alarm bell over the “health” of the river system in Vietnam, saying that a lot of rivers are perceptibly degrading.

Floodwaters from the upper stream of the Tien and Hau rivers are threatening thousands of ha of the autumn-winter rice crop.

A Malaysian state on Borneo island, known for its world-class dive sites, is seeking to ban shark fishing to protect the species, a minister said.

A one-week photo exhibition themed Vietnam's World Heritage will open in Da Nang on August 30.

Vietnam’s 1A National Highway has been nominated as the world’s best cycling route by ‘Lonely Planet’, a travel guidebook.

The first buses in Vietnam using energy-efficient fuel made their debut on August 26 in HCM City.

Hurricane Irene closed in on the Atlantic coast on Friday, triggering emergency preparations that included unprecedented evacuations and mass transit shutdowns in New York City.

Brazil, South Africa, India and China called Friday on industrialized nations to step up their commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a key UN climate summit later this year.

Groundwater levels continue to plunge throughout the Central Highlands, even as its quality takes a hit due to pollution, a study has found.

The Government has ordered a halt in licensing titanium ore exploration and exploitation in Binh Thuan Province to protect local environment.

Vietnam welcomed 4 million foreign visitors in the first eight months of this year, said the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

The newly-elected minister of Natural Resources & Environment vowed to address land management violations.

The El Nino climate cycle doubles the risk of civil wars in 90 tropical countries, researchers reported on Wednesday.

The widespread consumption of wild meat, coupled with illegal animal trafficking, is putting endangered species at risk.

In Vietnam and several Asian nations, votive objects are burnt ceremonially during certain festivals to “send” them to dead ancestors.

Some 8.7 million different species exist on Earth, though a tiny amount of those have actually been discovered and catalogued, researchers said.

Fashionable, dirt-cheap helmets are flooding Hanoi’s pavements. All of them are not verified for quality and made by recycled plastic.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism will organise two promotional campaigns in the next two months in China.

Beautiful sites in the capital city of Hanoi and central provinces will be spotted in a documentary film made by the Kansai Telecasting Corporation.