Environment

International Enterprises Singapore and the World Bank will help choose a development model for an environment project in HCM City.

The number of local shamans is slowly reducing, putting traditional local customs at risk, according to researchers and locals in Hoa Binh Province.

Scientists offered a piece of good news about global warming, reporting that cities can be of surprising help in soaking up carbon dioxide.

Dak Lak Province’s famed tame elephants may become extinct in the next 20-25 years due to being exploited excessively.

About 60ha of forest were destroyed by forest fires that broke out in some central localities last Thursday and Friday.

A Vietnamese architectural work made from bamboo has won the International Architecture Award of the Chicago Athenaeum Museum in the US.

According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's new criteria, 20 more exotic species have been listed as possibly invasive.

Australia announced plans on Sunday to tax carbon pollution at Aus$23 (US$24.74) per tonne to help battle climate change.

Ly Son Island is now well known for its juicy, nutritious Ca nuc (round scads) which are now available and brought in by boats in abundance to the mainland.

For Seth and Dem, decorating soon-to-be-demolished walls in HCM City with beautiful graffiti may not be as much of a fool’s errand as it appears.

HCM City plans to strengthen relationship with provinces to enrich tourism products to woo more visitors, said municipal official.

The reference organisation for the conservation status of Earth's animals and plants said that most species of tuna are urgently in need of protection.

The highest flood crest of northern main rivers is forecast to occur in late Jul and Aug, said the National Hydro-meteorological Forecast Centre.

Vietnam has 15 world natural, cultural and documentary heritages, including the recently-recognised Ho Dynasty Citadel.

After making several mistakes, many teenagers build tombs for themselves in the online cemetery to wish for parents’ forgiveness.

A new television programme will be launched on VTV3 on every Sunday to introduce the country’s landscapes and regional socio-cultural features.

About 30 hectares of pine forests were destroyed on July 6 after a fire broke out at 1:00 pm in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

The Vietnam Records Book Centre announced the 2nd publication in its S100 Records series-“100 Vietnamese natural and food specialities”.

More species of animals and plants in Vietnam are facing extinction risk, according to the 2010 National Environment Report.