Environment

A failure to treat poaching, wildlife trade as serious crimes is pushing tigers to extinction, experts warn

Rapid urbanisation and excessive exploitation of underground water have led to an alarming land-surface subsidence in many districts around HCM City.

The 4th Annual Environmental Film Festival opened for participation today in Hanoi.

While tourists soak up Nha Trang's sun, hard working trash workers pick up its mess.

Water levels in Hoa Binh reservoir are at their lowest levels in more than a century, experts claim.

The Australian Government has put its support behind Vietnam’s “Clean up the World” campaign in 2010.

Dan Cheney headed off to war with freshly-earned pilot's wings and the lieutenant's insignia his mother had pinned on his shoulders.

Bermuda was bracing Saturday for a direct hit from the massive Hurricane Igor just after after another cyclone lashed Mexico, killing three people.

One of the world's rarest animals, the saola, known as the ''Asian unicorn'', has been sighted for the first time in more than a decade.

Italy, with its expertise in restoring ancient historical buildings and artefacts, such as the city of Genoa, is ready to assist Hanoi to restore and improve its Old Quarter.

Vinamit’s plant in Binh Duong Province has resumed its operation after being closed for 20 days for environmental infractions.

Thousands of youngsters, including tertiary students, have joined the Ho Chi Minh City Go Green Club.

The most powerful Atlantic storm of 2010 whipped up dangerous swells in the Caribbean as it barreled west-northwest in the direction of Bermuda.

Vietnamese authorities said they were moving to hunt down two invaders from the United States - red-eared slider turtles and red swamp crayfish.

Masses of sardines were found dead, floating on the surface at Cua Lo Beach, Nghe An Province.

The mountains of used plastic bottles at a recycling station in Taipei will be turned into wigs and clothes that people will wear.

The Prime Minister has asked for a plan to supply water to the capital city of Hanoi from now until 2030 with a vision for 2030.

A Hanoi restaurant is offering 40 diners the chance to eat food from 1,000 years of Hanoi and pay only 1,000 Dong in return.

Vietnam will participate in the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Bio-safety and the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.