Environment

More than 50,000 families in Buon Ma Thuot City are facing a severe water shortage because of prolonged drought.

Two-story, clay-made houses built hundreds of years ago are unique architectural works of Nung ethnic minority people in Ha Giang.

Some articles have exaggerated when reporting that craft village tourism is now in “death throes”, but in fact many villages are in misfortune.

A project to save the rare Vietnamese pond turtle in Quang Ngai Province has yet to get off the ground due to lacks of funds.

When the local real estate market boomed and then peaked in 2007, it saw the birth of a series of real estate trading floors.

Quebec unveiled an USD80-billion plan to rev up forestry and mining development over the next 25 years in its vast northern region.

The Truong Luy architectural relic was officially recognised as a national heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

More than 7,200 private clinics, 322 medical centres and 4 major hospitals have no waste treatment facility for their medical wastewate.

WWF urged companies to drop plans to clear Indonesian forest areas where infra-red cameras have captured footage of rare Sumatran tigers.

“The foreign guy performs humorously,” many local audiences uttered their feelings after seeing the role by Guillaume Faugère on HCM City stage.

The Tam Hai Commune in Nui Thanh District in the central province of Quang Nam is known for its seaweed specialty ‘Rau Mut’.

Renewable power from the Sun, wind, water and biomass can and should generate a major portion of the planet's energy supply by 2050.

Ban Vat Waterfall is known for its pristine natural beauty and as the historical home of the Thai ethnic minority in northern Son La Province.

BBC, Vietnamese TV and film company Redbridge are selecting 3 best Vietnamese documentaries for BBC’s programme to be aired this August.

The wounds of Hoan Kiem Lake’s giant turtle have been healed after a month of treatment and it is now free of fungal diseases.

The next round of UN climate talks in South Africa must not be a talking shop, but push for concrete decisions.

Vietnam's central provinces are some of the country's most beloved destinations for travellers.

The British Council and UK-based Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance have launched a competition seeking ideas to protect the global environment.

The Mekong Delta may well be a hot spot for tourists desperate to experience the floating markets, orchards, ancient and pagodas and so on.