OTHER NEWS
Smuggled rhino horns seized in HCM City
14/03/2014|08:03:00
A Vietnamese man was caught on March 10 at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport while attempting to smuggle five African rhino horns weighing a total of 13.1 kg into the country.
High dioxin levels in Binh Duong lakes
14/03/2014|07:58:00
About 16 of the 28 lakes at southern Binh Duong Province's Bien Hoa Airbase have been found to have dangerously high concentrations of dioxin.
Water and miseries
07/03/2014|10:15:00
HCM City is rated as one of the 10 cities worldwide that are most severely affected from climate change, and in Vietnam, it is only the Mekong Delta in terms of suffering from climate change.
Nung ethnic community wins environmental gong
07/03/2014|10:10:00
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has awarded the 2013 Vietnam Environmental Award to the Nung ethnic community in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang for their solutions in protecting, preserving and developing their natural resources.
Japanese disaster prevention project helps Quang Nam
03/03/2014|01:00:00
A workshop took place in the central province of Quang Nam on February 27 to kick-start a Japanese-funded project on raising the capacity of students and coastal residents to minimise disaster risks.