Green city turns grey

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Hanoi Times English 3 hour(s) ago 4 related news

The Hanoitimes - The trees that have earned Da Lat City the name 'city of a thousand pines' have been fast disappearing under the strains of urbanisation.

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Green city turns grey

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Báo Dân Trí English 3 day(s) ago

Green city turns grey

The trees that have earned Da Lat City the name 'city of a thousand pines' have been fast disappearing under the strains of urbanisation.

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Dengue fever on the rise in Phu Yen

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VietNam News English 3 day(s) ago

The incidence of dengue fever has been increasing in the central province of Phu Yen, with 536 people contracting the disease so far this year.

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Afforestation in return for hydropower plants ignored

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 3 week(s) ago

Afforestation in return for hydropower plants ignored

Though afforestation to compensate for the area of forests engulfed by hydropower plants is a must, Vietnam has still seen thousands of hectares of natural forests disappear in the past six years.

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Mangrove trees protect villagers from hard times

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

Mangrove trees protect villagers from hard times

All their neighbours were cutting down trees, attracted by the prospect of making money quickly. But people in one village refused to let their forest be destroyed.

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Hydropower plants destroy vast forest area

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VietnamNet English 1 month(s) ago

Hydropower plants destroy vast forest area

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 20,000 hectares of forest had been chopped down for several purposes, mostly for development of hydropower plants, but only around 700 hectares had been replanted as of the end of 2012.

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Hydropower plants destroy vast forest area

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SaigonTimes English 1 month(s) ago

HCMC – Over 20,000 hectares of forest had been chopped down for several purposes, mostly for development of hydropower plants, but only around 700 hectares had been replanted as of the end of 2012.

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Australia, Germany to help replant Delta mangroves

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Báo QĐND English 1 month(s) ago 1 related news

Australia, Germany to help replant Delta mangroves

Australia and Germany have pledged to provide more than 23.3 million USD in non-refundable aid between them to support coastal and mangrove protection and climate change adaptation in the Mekong Delta.

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Australia, Germany give $23m to replant Delta mangroves

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

Australia and Germany have pledged to provide more than US$23.3 million in non-refundable aid between them to support coastal and mangrove protection and climate change adaptation in the Mekong Delta.

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International help sought over climate change effects

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

Viet Nam has expanded international co-operation in its efforts to protect the environment and water resources in face of climate change, which is expected to pose a serious threat to the country.

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Vietnam faces unripe coffee beans troubles

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Báo Dân Trí English 2 month(s) ago

Vietnam faces unripe coffee beans troubles

According to Dr. Le Ngoc Bau, Head of Western Highlands Agriculture and Forestry Science Institute, Vietnam’s coffee export prices might increase if they can resolve the problems related to replanting and coffee quality.

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Dak Lak cracks down on deforestation

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VietNam News English 3 month(s) ago

Dak Lak cracks down on deforestation

The People's Committee of Dak Lak Province has mobilised authorised teams to protect local forests in a bid to put an end to rampant deforestation.

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Ca Mau hit by cajeput tree market failure

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

The failure of the cajeput tree market has hit the southern province of Ca Mau where many households are dependent on the trees and forests have been left standing.

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Large bamboo grove withers in Hoang Lien National Park

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Báo Dân Trí English 6 month(s) ago

According to the management board of Hoang Lien National Park in the northern province of Lao Cai, nearly 400 hectares of a small and medium-sized bamboo grove in the buffer zone of the park has now completely withered.

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End sought to illegal logging

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VietNam News English 7 month(s) ago 2 related news

Environmental experts have called for an end to forest wood exploitation in Viet Nam after it emerged that 2012 plans for tree regeneration will fall well short of targets.

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