Over 70 environment ministers meet in India for key talks on halting the depletion of Earth's natural resources, under pressure to put up money to match their political pledges.
Environmental experts have called on Vietnam to make further efforts in providing economic incentives and better policies to promote "greener" buildings.
China will have to spend around 80 billion yuan ($12.74 billion) by 2015 to upgrade the security of its nuclear facilities and radioactive contamination control to international standards, a report issued by the Ministry of Environmental Protection said.
Supermodel Truong Nam Thanh has received an invitation from Mister World 2012 to represent Vietnam in this year’s beauty pageant, said director of Elite Vietnam company.
The 4th ASEM Labour and Employment Ministers’ Conference will take place in Hanoi from October 24-26. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend and address the event.
The People’s Committee in the central province of Khanh Hoa is considering installing cameras at strategic locations to protect foreign tourists from being victimized by petty thieves and pick-pocketers.
Anti-corruption investigators have opened an inquiry into Iraq's central bank tied to alleged manipulation of the local currency's value against the US dollar.