Environment

Japan and France have committed a total of 134 million USD in ODA loans for Vietnam to cope with climage change.

The carcass of a critically endangered Javan rhino had been found in Indonesia, bringing the the world’s scarcest mammal one step closer to extinction.

Hue Festival 2010 kicked off in the central city of Hue on June 5 with a grand, colourful ceremony at Ngo Mon Square.

With understanding and knowledge, the media would be able to provide accurate weather and climate forecast messages to its audience, said an expert.

The French Development Agency will provide a 20-million-Euro loan to Vietnam to contribute to the Support Program to respond to climate change.

Global Witness claims Singapore is expanding its coastline with irresponsibly dredged sand from Cambodia.

Climate change could make much of the world too hot for human habitation within just three centuries, research released Tuesday showed.

A Javan rhino has been found shot dead with its horn chopped off in a national park in southern Vietnam.

Crowds of locals gather to pan for gold in dried-up rivers in Thua Thien Hue, leaving a negative impact on the ecological environment.

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will carry out large-scale environmental investigations in industrial parks nationwide.

The largest cable-stayed bridge in Southeast Asia was covered with rubbish left behind by visitors after a long holiday weekend.

Col.Gen. Nguyen Huu An, the late General of Battle is well-remembered as a loving father and devoted husband.

The Vietnam Students Association (VSA) and the social network loveme.vn held a press conference on April 29 to introduce a campaign called “a million signatures, a million actions for the environment”.

A huge billboard has been erupted on the way from Noi Bai Airport to Hanoi reminding people that they will pay for wild animal smuggling activity.

A week-long cultural festival will be held in Sapa, one of Vietnam’s top holiday and relaxation destinations, from April 30 to May 4.

The People’s Committee of Hai Duong Province has just decided to suspend the business activities of the Tung Kuang Company.

East Asia could stabilise its greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 while maintaining economic growth by investing heavily in energy efficiency and low-carbon technologies.

A week-long cultural festival will be held in Sapa, one of Vietnam’s top holiday and relaxation destinations, from April 30 to May 4.

A large facility housing wild animals was searched by Hue authorities on April 1.