ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
New advisory council established for climate change committee
23/01/2015|11:34:00
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) launched an Advisory Council for the National Committee on Climate Change on January 22, bringing together leading Vietnamese scientists in areas related to climate change assessment and relief and greenhouse gas emissions reduction.
Vietnam steps up climate change adaptation efforts
22/01/2015|02:12:00
Vietnam is making substantial efforts to fulfil its National Target Programme to Respond to Climate Change in 2015, hoping to assess the phenomenon’s impacts on each sector and locality and ultimately design a feasible action plan to counteract these effects.
Poaching still rife in Buon Don eco-tourism area
13/01/2015|03:05:00
DAK LAK (VNS) — Poachers continue to destroy the 1,300-hectare forest in the Buon Don Eco-tourism area in Central Highland Dak Lak Province' Krong Na Commune after media reported on illegal logging last October.