Environment

The number of tourists to the central region on the occasion of Southern Liberation Day and May Day has increased remarkably from last year.

As many as 93 local travel agencies are now barred from offering international tours as their licenses for this activity have expired.

A global warming target could be missed three times over if countries fail to promote clean energy, the International Energy Agency warned.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung affirmed that raising people’s awareness of forest protection is an important task for national development.

The World Wide Fund for Nature and the Forest Ranger Sub-Department of Thua Thien Hue recently held a seminar on measures to reserve Sao La.

The world stands to lose 230 million hectares of forest by 2050 with drastic consequences for the climate, biodiversity and the global economy.

Bringing her two children from Taiwan to Vietnam, Thuy left her kids with her mother in Soc Trang province and went to HCM City to work.

There will be no binding deal on emissions at this year's UN climate summit as the South African hosts and other economic powers are "not ready".

Vietnam is expected to welcome more than 460,000 international arrivals in April, up 6.3 percent against the same period last year.

Quang Ninh province has invested VND138 billion (USD6.6 million) in building an outdoor art laser light stage in Ha Long Bay on the night of May 2.

Competent Vietnamese and Cambodian agencies jointly opened a workshop to discuss measures to combat illegal trade in wildlife in border areas.

The boatman doesn’t use oars, but only a wire that is stretched across the river to move the boat on Hanoi’s Nhue River for decades.

Vietnam has formally called on Laos to halt the proposed Xayaburi hydropower project for 10 years to assess its impact on the Mekong River.

Vietnam’s leading tour operator Saigontourist has received 2,000 visitors from the Costa Classica cruise ship on April 26.

We were led up a creek bed that was a doorway to the jungle where signs of humanity disappeared and the green canopy shut out the sky.

About 400 people collected plastic and other rubbish around West Lake on Saturday.

The World Bank has agreed to provide an additional loan of 14.5 million USD for a sub-project to improve environmental hygiene in Nha Trang city.

Limited cultivation areas and a failure to satisfy choosy customers' demnd are challenging the Vietnamese flower sector in their exports.

Travel companies have rolled out several new tours during the upcoming Liberation Day and Labour Day holidays.