01/10/2009|07:33:00

The World Bank has made a list of the five main threats arising from climate change: droughts, floods, storms, rising sea levels, and greater uncertainty in agriculture. Four of the world's poorest nations top the list of the 12 countries at the highest risk.

28/09/2009|06:45:00

(VietNamNet Bridge)Thousands of readers have commented on VietNamNet’s recent reports on a huge coal mining project under consideration for development in the Red River Delta.

21/09/2009|06:27:00

Farmers in Ho Chi Minh City’s Can Gio District have demanded VND567 billion (US$31.5 million) from Vedan Vietnam, a Taiwanese producer of monosodium glutamate based in Dong Nai Province, as compensation for damaging aquaculture farms and crops by discharging untreated waste into a local river.

20/09/2009|10:03:00

(VietNamNet Bridge)-The Phong Nha – Ke Bang Center for Scientific Research and Rescue, Bo Trach District, Quang Binh Province, released nine endangered sea turtles back into the sea on Friday.

17/09/2009|08:16:00

(VietNamNet Bridge)-There are around 70 caged tigers and held in captivity for many reasons in Vietnam, the Government’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) office announced September 14.