Environment

Japan's nuclear crisis will boost interest in clean renewables such as solar and wind power but may also sharpen demand for coal, oil and gas, experts said.

G60+ is the title of a campaign to welcome World Wild Fund for Nature’s Earth Hour 2011 which starts at 8.30 p.m. March 26.

Workers at many foreign- invested companies are struggling as their wages are swallowed up by inflation.

Hoi An has made it to the list of the world's 10 best cities for tourism by the UK's Wanderlust travel magazine.

Around 8.4 million Vietnamese people will be short of safe water by 2050, according to the Asian Development Bank’s warning.

Vietnam is trying to reform administrative procedures to create more favourable conditions for clean development mechanism projects.

Vietnam is now on the watch for possible earthquakes and tsunamis because of similar recent disasters in China and Japan.

The Yen Bai province environmental authority has taken samples of the Red River for testing and advised locals to limit their direct use of the river water.

A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook Japan on Friday, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore.

The UN expressed alarm at a huge decline in bee colonies under a multiple onslaught of pests and pollution.

Mention Can Gio, the most remote district of HCMC, and people think of mangrove forests, mudflats and coconut trees; but now it's different.

Vietnam should improve people's awareness about forest fire risks in order to prevent possible incidents, said an official.

Tiger poo is an effective new weapon in warding off animal pests after years of experimenting with big cats' faeces collected from Australian zoos.

Pictures by 34 woman artists opened in Hue on March 8, to commemorate Women’s Day.

Denmark is to give Vietnam USD8 million for scientific study over the next three years as part of an agreement to be ratified by the two nations today.

Vietnam continues to accrue accolades for its hotels as Travel + Leisure has named three to its list of ‘World’s Best Hotel Values'.

Thousands of Vietnamese people will turn off the lights and electric equipment for one hour in response to the 2011 Earth Hour.

The Ba Be National Park in Bac Can province has been named on the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands List as a Wetland of International Importance.

For tourists the Philippine island of Palawan seems like paradise, but for environment activists it feels more akin to a battlefield.