Environment

A street festival themed “ Hanoi – no plastic bag Sunday ” will take place in the capital on October 2.

Vietnamese tourism companies are attending the 33rd Top Resa Tourism Fair in Paris, France from September 20-23.

A shortage of workers, rising costs and harsher competition from foreign rivals are handicapping Vietnam's handicrafts industry, one official said.

The decision by the Government to raise the minimum wage from October 1, 2011 has brought more worries than joys to labourers.

The Ministry of Education and Training was urged to call upon students to vote for Ha Long Bay as one of the seven natural wonders of the world.

Scientists and policymakers from Asia and Africa discussed ways to cope with climate change at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on September 21.

Two exhibitions to raise public awareness on illegal wildlife trafficking will be held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in September.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment began inspecting operations to mine sand, stones, and other building materials in Binh Duong.

A powerful typhoon looming down on disaster-ravaged Japan has killed at least four people, authorities said Wednesday, less than a month after a vicious storm left 100 dead.

Authorities in HCM City are considering a proposal to levy an entry fee on all private vehicles going to the downtown area.

According to the latest report brought out by the Ministry of Health, the outbreak and recurrence of new epidemics is the result of climate change and abnormal weather conditions.

More than 1,500 Vietnamese volunteers in 16 provinces will participate in the Moving Planet Day this September 24.

A delegation from Vietnam will this week visit South Africa to discuss ways to stem the growth rhino poaching, the government said last Friday.

More cases of protests by residents in northern provinces against environment polluters have occurred with a cement plant blocked and numerous trucks carrying iron ore intercepted.

Ninh Binh will focus on developing two main kinds of tourism – ecological and cultural-spiritual, a provincial tourism official has said.

A workshop on international cooperation in the survey and research on marine resources and environment opened in Hanoi on September 15.

A strong 6.6-magnitude undersea quake and a series of aftershocks hit off the coast of Japan's Honshu island, geologists said.

Urban development programmers seem not to pay much attention to the designing of cemeteries, to ensure they can be safe to the environment.

Experts say Vietnam needs to do more to attract more cruise tourists to Vietnam as the country many wonderful bays and beaches.