Environment

Gibbons in Asia have regional accents scientists say can identify the exact species of gibbon singing and where they are from.

The Asian Development Bank and the Nordic Development Fund are to help Vietnam draw up and implement detailed climate change action plans.

Spring is a season of hope. It is a time for everyone to review old things and look forward to new ones. In an historian’s eyes, receiving new things is heritability.

Miet Hau Giang is the old name of the land from the left bank of the Mekong River tothe southern tip of Ca Mau province.

Peatswamp forests home to such species as the Borneo pygmy elephant are being obliterated in Malaysian Borneo to make way for palm oil plantations.

A ceremony offering Tet or cylindrical glutinous rice cakes to the Hung Kings took place on January 31 morning in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 9.

As they catch the last bus home for the Tet holidays, migrant labourers dream of sitting around at the family dinner on New Year's Eve.

2010 was one of the worst years on record for natural disasters over the past two decades, leaving nearly 297,000 people dead, research for the United Nations showed on Monday.

To most Westerners, the idea of paying someone to stick little scoops and tweezers into their ears is downright unnerving. To Vietnamese, it's an art.

Vietnamese police have rescued dozens of weasels, porcupines and snakes destined for restaurant tables as part of a crackdown on the trafficking of rare animals, an officer said Monday.

Despite being listed as threatened or endangered species, trade in marine turtle products still exists in many countries, including Vietnam and it’s neighbours.

This year’s record prolonged drought - setting a century record - could leave Vietnam’s crops high and dry.

The UN's World Meteorological Organisation said Thursday that 2010 was the warmest year on record.

Starting February 15, it is illegal to play music or make loud noise recording over 70dBA in residential areas.

US President Barack Obama said Wednesday that Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed with him on the need to fight climate change by moving ahead in international negotiations.

Greenpeace praised China for setting new pollution targets but said the measures fell well short of what was needed to curb the country's world-beating carbon emissions.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called on Monday for a clean energy revolution that would make energy available for everyone, at a summit in Abu Dhabi.

Nguyen Phi Cuong shakes the iron box several times and more than 300 pigeons from different corners of the Notre Dame Cathedral swoop down to eat the rice grains he has scattered on the ground.

More than 40 Chinese animal rights groups hit out at Canada for turning China into a "dumping ground" for its seal meat and oils.