Environment

Vietnam’s new cabinet makes a strong start with several “smart technocrats”, but economic woes and lack of transparency pose hurdles, according to analysts

The role of children and adolescents need to be promoted in reducing risks associated with disasters, heard a conference held in Hanoi yesterday.

A ceremony was held by Vietnam Airlines in Japan on October 11 to introduce a new programme on Vietnam’s land, people, culture and tourism.

China is to invest up to 4 trillion yuan ($600 billion) over the next decade to overcome a huge water shortage, a senior official.

Scientists have been struggling with a pilot project aimed at growing taller, stronger mangroves in Xuan Thuy National Park.

Vietnam tourism’s promotion slogan and website address will appear on electronic advertising boards in 12 matches of the Premier League.

The Hanoi Department of Transport is planning to designate more streets to pedestrian only during the weekends.

Gamblers in HCM City are focusing on small ornamental cocks weighing around a kg for cockfights, in which bets can hit dozens of million VND.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has received 700,000 votes for Ha Long Bay as one of the seven natural wonders of the world.

New Zealand declared its worst maritime pollution disaster, as oil gushed into a pristine bay from a stranded container ship pounded in heavy seas.

Travel firms in the Mekong province of An Giang are offering tours for visitors to experience the flood season between late July and mid-October.

Authorities in Dak Lak Province have decided to prosecute a former forest management official at the Yok Don National Park for illegal logging of timber.

Climate negotiators said they made progress on laying out ways to help poor countries but deep differences remained on core issues ahead of talks in Durban, South Africa.

An endangered Philippine eagle, one of only a few hundred left in the world, has been shot dead, a conservation group said.

By October 6, 18 people were reported dead because of flooding in the Mekong Delta, including 16 children from 1 to 14 years old.

HCM City has launched different programmes to develop its tourism sector, including “river tourism”, “HCM City- 100 interesting things”.

Over a half of the medical waste incinerators in Vietnam have been left unused, because their owners do not have money to pay for fuel.

Nearly 30,000 households from the Mekong Delta province of An Giang have been evacuated to flood-proof residential clusters.

Everybody works to earn a living then when they reach a certain age they retire, but several elderly people in Hanoi still have to work despite their old age.