Environment

Underground water is degrading in quality, which is a big problem for nearly all water utilization projects.

This year's HCM City Tourism Day 2011 will highlight special aspects of five popular destinations – HCM City, Da Lat, Binh Thuan, Phu Quoc and Hai Phong.

Hundreds of campers stranded by floods and landslides in Australia were waiting to be rescued after roads were washed out by freakish weather.

A study by the World Bank said Vietnam would need to spend around USD850 million annually adapting to climate change for the next 40 years.

Dubai's Palm Island, New Orleans' upgraded dykes and Australia's water recycling plants all benefited from Dutch know-how.

An unexpected high tide resulted by super moon will increase and remain at high level for four next days in Ho Chi Minh City, causing floods amid dry season.

Nearly 8,000 households have been moved from flood-prone areas in the Mekong Delta since 2008, under a national programme.

After a World Wildlife Fund-sponsored plan, Tram Chim National Park in Dong Thap province is seeing Sarus Cranes return in large numbers.

Twenty-one long-finned pilot whales have died but 11 were saved after beaching themselves at Bruny Island.

Hundreds of households in a commune in Dak Lak Province fear that they and their crops could be harmed after a wild elephant killed a local man.

Various types of Vietnamese costumes, besides the national costume – Ao dai (traditional long dress) are displayed in the U.S. to represent cultural diversity.

Around 350 delegates will attend the second international conference on geological parks in the Asia-Pacific region to be held in Hanoi in July.

Early one morning, some friends and I went to the hat market in Chuong Village about 30 kilometres from the centre of Hanoi.

Gong, and drum performances, and traditional dances of the Central Highlands enthralled visitors at the third coffee festival in Buon Ma Thuot.

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.