Environment

Ho Chi Minh City Environmental Protection Agency has found over 50% of enterprises located along the Saigon River have no wastewater facilities.

HCM City is to implement 30 projects to cope with climate change, focusing on natural resource, waste, energy and land management.

The Hanoi traffic police’s suggestion to ban cycle rickshaws, or cyclos, has created a strong opposition among the capital’s travel firms.

China's Three Gorges Dam, as a world wonder, has caused a host of ills that must be "urgently" addressed, the government has said.

Many pagodas in the capital city have been decorated with flags, flowers, and banners to celebrate Lord Buddha’s Birthday.

Chinese factories are facing curbs on electricity use as coal prices soar and a severe drought hits hydropower plants.

Vietnam's first regional flood warning system is now operating in the five most flood-prone provinces of the central region.

The Saigontourist welcomed the luxury cruise liner Bremen of Germany on its first voyage to Vietnam , with 750 tourists aboard.

Ming Ming, the world's oldest panda, has died of old age, Chinese state media reported on Tuesday. She was 34.

The US ’s fast-growing river cruise company Avalon Waterways plans to add the Mekong River to its list of destinations, a top executive has said.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Department was asked to inspect the experimental breeding of tigers to and make a survey of the animal.

The unchecked release of untreated effluents into the environment by a majority of industrial parks is killing rivers in many localities nationwide.

Photographer Nguyen The Duong has just finalised the first stage of a project named “I Love Hanoi”.

Towers watching and alerting tsunami were put into trial operation Danang in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.

A series of cultural and sporting events will delight tourists at the Culture and Tourism Week 2011 in Quang Binh beginning on June 5.

Tornadoes in the southeastern United States should not have any bearing on the severity of the upcoming hurricane season.

Located in the coastal district of Vinh Linh in the central province of Quang Tri , Cua Tung Beach is the nation's "Queen of Beaches".

A rare set of manuscripts, of 19th century Nguyen Dynasty depicting Nam Giao, its largest national ritual, was sold in the US recently.

Global consumption of natural resources could almost triple to 140 billion tonnes a year by 2050 unless nations take drastic steps.