Environment

A herd of more than 30 wild elephants are roaming in the Yok Don National Park in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak

Germany has provided €7 million for a project to protect the forest in Vietnam’s Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue provinces and Lao National garden.

US Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Francisco Sanchez confirmed the growing importance of his country’s ties with Vietnam.

From now until 2015, HCM City plans to deploy seven projects worth a total US$240 million to upgrade and expand its water supply network, cut water loss, and treat sludge at water factories.

Tarpan horses, a breed that disappeared from the wild in Europe two centuries ago, will soon be reintroduced in Bulgaria, organisers said.

The exhibition of paintings by Dao Hai Phong and photos by Ngoc Thai will be held in Hanoi this September.

High tide water levels in Ho Chi Minh City are forecast to reach level 1 and cross 1.35 meters early September.

Experts believe that the “community forest” is really the good mechanism for sustainable forest management after the success of a pilot project.

Many companies in Binh Duong Province and Ho Chi Minh City recylce plastic from untreated medical waste.

Hong Kong has seized nearly two tonnes of elephant ivory worth about $1.7 million hidden in a shipment from Malaysia, customs authorities said.

Coming to An Giang Province’s Cho Moi District, tourists should not ignore the traditional glass painting craft village on Ong Chuong Islet.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment issued a press release yesterday on “Clean Up the World Campaign” to be organised in HCM City.

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.