Environment

Ho Chi Minh City needs more than VND20 trillion (US$1.05 billion) by 2015 to cope with the impacts of climatic change, but authorities have yet to draft action plans.

A recent photograph taken by a scientist of a red-eared slider clinging to a giant turtle’s carapace has scientists screaming blue murder.

Tet bonus problems are contributing to strikes in scores of foreign-backed enterprises in southern provinces.

Families living on boats along city waterways run the gauntlet of random police raids as they eke out a meager living.

Vietnam’s world heritage Ha Long Bay ranks sixth among the world’s top ten destinations for sailing cruises by National Geographic book Journeys of a Lifetime.

China plans to invest 30 billion dollars on water conservation projects in 2011 to reduce the impact of natural disasters on grain production, state media said Saturday.

Agent Orange victim Nguyen Thi Ly is struggling with the toxic chemical in her body but dreams of a normal life.

Don village was dubbed the “elephant kingdom” in the Central Highlands for its tradition of taming wild elephants and also worshipping them.

Scores of villagers on a remote Japanese island chain in the Pacific scrambled for higher ground after a major 7.4-magnitude offshore quake sparked a tsunami alert.

The Ho Chi Minh City-based Wildlife At Risk organisation announced the discovery of 12 new species of freshwater fish in Vietnam.

The Asian Development Bank is supporting conservation efforts in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia in a community-driven initiative.

The conference on environment, climate change and role of legislative bodies in policy making was held in Hanoi.

Vietnam tourism authorities have decided to adopt a 10-year plan to try and attract rich tourists to its sparkling white beaches.

A new international accord on global warming has heartened environmentalists, but casting a shadow is the political shift in the US where legislative climate efforts died in 2010.

More than 20,000 households in the central and Mekong Delta region have benefited from a clean water and sanitation project implemented by East Meets West Foundation.

Migrants have added to the poor population in Vietnam’s urban areas but, so far, their numbers have not been accurately measured in poverty surveys.

A U.N. conference adopted a modest climate deal creating a fund to help the developing world go green.

Russia is a promising market for Vietnam's tourism industry, which aims to attract 350,000 Russian visitors by 2020, said a Vietnamese official.

Haunted by the criticism it endured after the Copenhagen climate summit, China has launched an image makeover as it recasts itself as a team player in global talks.