OTHER NEWS
Wild birds in the capital
29/03/2011|10:05:00
(VietNamNet Bridge)-Wild birds like spotted doves, pheasants, wild ducks, owls and eagles are sold publicly in Hanoi’s Lac Long Quan road even though trading of wild animals is banned in Vietnam.
HCM City faces groundwater crisis
29/03/2011|09:51:00
Experts have sounded a red alert about the quality of groundwater in HCM City, saying it was critically degraded and salinised.
Vietnam is more environmentally sustainable than US
15/03/2011|08:47:00
At first glance Vietnam might seem environmentally irresponsible. There is trash lining nearly every street, coal powering anything from large machinery to household stoves and masks worn everywhere in fear of the air pollution. There is also a serious lack of environmental awareness. In four months I have not seen as single poster, billboard or ad campaign advertising environmental sustainability, which I see nearly every day in the United States.
Vietnam’s two first Green Label products to be announced
11/03/2011|01:48:00
On January 27, at Fortuna Hotel, Hanoi, the Vietnam Environment Administration (under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) is going to announce the two first products that met the Vietnam Green Label criteria.