Environment

A photo exhibition called “Legends of the land of An Tra” opened on July 22 in the central city of Quang Ngai.

The number of three to five-star hotels in HCM City has nearly doubled in the last three years to 73 with a total of 9,700 rooms, an agency said.

In Quang Nam Province, some poor men became multi-billionaires overnight after lucking upon a large quantity of aloe wood deep in a forest.

A short supply of public rubbish bins is blamed for a rising tide of bagged and unbagged refuse and litter being dumped in the streets of Hanoi.

HCM City will spend some VND12 trillion (USD583 million) on projects designed to deal with the negative impacts of climate change from now to 2015.

The Vietnam Gemstone Association organised an exhibition of natural gemstones as part of the second Asia-Pacific Geoparks Network Symposium.

It is wonderful if someone can travel to enjoy beautiful landscapes and learn to prepare the traditional dishes of the destination countries.

A heatwave and stifling humidity battered the central and eastern United States, leaving over 20 dead.

Local authorities in Ca Mau Province plans to invest USD9 million to build an embankment to protect the Ca Mau cape area from further landslides.

After a quiet June, islands, tourism sites and beautiful beaches these days receive more travellers who want to relax on brine.

The People’s Committee of Dak Lak Province plans to set up an elephant sanctuary by 2014 at a total cost of roughly VND58 billion (USD3 million).

The Vietnam Urban Planning Association has proposed conversion of the century-old Long Bien Bridge into a contemporary art museum.

Cat Tien National Park’s director has warned that the park would “die” because of the two hydropower plants to be built on Dong Nai River.

The 2nd Asia-Pacific Geoparks Symposium opened in Hanoi on July 18 with the participation of 170 scientists from 17 countries.

VinaCapital and Genting Group have permission to reclaim a large area in Quang Nam Province to build a multi-billion dollar recreation resort.

While military officials maintain they are actually tigers, forest officials say they could be dogs.

The Cat Tien National Garden has been recognised by UNESCO as Vietnam’s seventh World Biosphere Reserve.

The lively morning calls of a rare species of gibbon has led to the discovery in remote Vietnamese forests, conservationists said.

Vietnam has seen an alarming increase in cases of child sexual abuse in recent years, with some victims as young as six years old.