Environment

Despite its highly endangered terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, Vietnam makes a significant contribution to this biological diversity.

A powerful earthquake struck Friday off the coast of Chile, throwing a scare into residents nearly a year after a temblor and tsunami in the same region.

Central Highland Dak Lak Province's famed tame elephants may become extinct in the next 20-25 years unless conservation project receive goverment funding, experts said.

Vietnam celebrates more than 9,000 local and national festivals and January is often heated by these events.

Eight provinces have been warned that conditions in their localities were ripe for forest fires.

Young Hanoians have begun to explore ways to ease the stress in modern life, including attending Buddhism classes.

There are people from foreign lands in the central highland province of Lam Dong who are seriously involved in farming as a profession.

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.