Authorities in the central city of Da Nang and the Bac My An shipbuilding co-operative have completed detailed plans to salvage the fishing boat DNa 90152 which was rammed and sunk by a Chinese ship while undertaking its regular operations in its traditional Hoang Sa fishing grounds.

More than 129 Cao Vit gibbons, one of the world’s rarest primate species, are being protected in Trung Khanh district of the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang, as part of a project launched by Fauna & Flora International (FFI) in 2004. 

A meeting in response to the World Environment Day (June 5) was held Binh Duong province on May 31. 

Socio-political organisations have been called on to take greater part in raising public awareness of climate change and rising sea levels.

(VOV) -Participants at an international seminar have stressed the need to protect the ecological environment for sustainable economic growth.

A Mekong Delta project on sustainable rural development and climate change adaptation will start in Ben Tre province later this month, according to provincial officials.

(VOV) -The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Department of Biodiversity Conservation on April 22 hosted a round-table discussion on how to improve conservation and sustainable use of wildlife resources in Vietnam.

Hanoi is enhancing its inspections of natural resources and environment management in the capital in order to promptly detect and resolve infringements.

(VOV) - Scientists, physicists and astronomers from 20 countries are meeting in Binh Dinh province to discuss the basic thousand year old question – whether life exists beyond earth or outside the solar system.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment on April 18 announced a national action plan on green growth, aiming reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase the use of clean and renewable energy.