Environment

The central Thua Thien Hue Province's People Committee hopes to get 43 projects completed to host National Tourism Year 2012.

Four waste disposal sites worth an estimated VND54 billion (USD2.62 million) will be built in Hanoi to deal with the increasing waste problem.

Vietnamese living in HCM City without permanent residency status should be covered under poverty-reduction and social welfare programmes, experts said.

Finland will provide EUR160,285 to help enhance climate change adaptation capacity in the Mekong Delta, said the Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam.

Two new caves have been discovered at the UNESCO world heritage site, the Phong Nha- Ke Bang National Park, said well-known cave explore Ho Khanh.

Residents in craft villages have been warned about the possibility of losing ten years of their lifespan because of environmental pollution.

“Vibrant Ho Chi Minh City” is the city’s new tourism slogan, the Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism said.

Ben Tre Province is one of eight provinces in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia benefiting from a project on strengthening coastal resilience.

Vietnam should immediately look for ways to avoid becoming an industrial garbage dump, a senior official said on Monday.

Due to varied designs, imported toys have been attracting plenty of Vietnamese customers despite concerns regarding their quality and safety.

The HCM City People's Committee has revoked its approval of a plan to import 10,000 tonnes of solid waste meant for testing waste facilities.

The Vietnam Sea Village Festival opened Ninh Thuan Province with participation of troupes from the south-central coastal provinces.

The recent upsurge in the outbreak of forest fires in the central region has prompted several provinces to take additional firefighting measures.

Flocks of birds fly just above the water surface of swamps in Tram Chim leading visitors to the heart of the national bird sanctuary.

Binh Dinh Province market management authorities and police seized 102 sea turtles that were being illegally transported in a car by a trafficker.

The soldiers sleep in tents and protected by high-powered rifles that also ward off the even more dangerous threat of poachers.

Just 30 wild tigers survive today in Vietnam out of 3,200 across the world, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

The application of best available techniques and the best environmental practices was discussed at a seminar in central coastal city of Danang.

The World Tiger Day will be held by World Wildlife Fund and the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network on July 30 for the 1st time in Vietnam.