Environment

Bui Mong Diep, one of the concubines of Bao Dai, the last king of Vietnam, passed away at Saint Antoine Hospital in France on June 26.

The Centre for Environment and Community Research made debut a website on Hanoi lakes at www.cecr.vn on June 30.

Nearly 600 child labourers are hired by family businesses in HCM city, many of them endure work in hazardous conditions with long hours and low pay.

Over 700 artists and athletes from 12 localities attended the Ethnic Minority Cultural Festival for central and central highland regions on July 1.

More than USD34 million would be needed to protect the Dong Nai River that is suffering extreme levels of pollution, officials said.

Vietnam welcomed around 2.96 million international tourists in the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase of 18.1 percent, the General Statistics Office reported.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s biggest city, looks ugly because of disorder advertising boards.

The California Academy of Sciences said it discovered more than 300 previously unknown animals and plants in the Philippines.

Vietnam has pioneered the development of the Payment for Forest Environment Services programme to protect and preserve natural heritage.

American artist Daniel Rueffert came to Vietnam to learn about the art of creating fine works just by a tiny needle and colourful thread.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan said the people hardest hit by inflation were the poor - and most of them were farmers.

Vietnam's marine environment is facing increased pollution amid the lack of an effective pollution control mechanism, an official said.

Ten million people in the Horn of Africa have been hit by the worst drought in 60 years, the UN said.

China is set to launch its once-a-decade panda census, state media reported Monday.

UNESCO recognised the Ho Dynasty in the central province of Thanh Hoa as World Cultural Heritage site on June 27.

Scientists have warned that not only fresh water areas have been polluted, but sea water is also bearing a similar hard pressure.

The problem of getting power to poor remote households has been solved by young engineer Tran Quoc Hieu who has built a home wind generator.

Despite the grueling and lonely time they have endured, the wives of soldiers in the oil-rig houses still make their efforts to fulfill their duty.

To attract eyeballs, many newspapers and websites depend on showing celebrities’ bodies, with even their children being fair game.