01/12/2009|03:39:00

(VietNamNet Bridge)-About 50,000 litres of petrol spilled into the Long Tau River in HCM City’s Can Gio District yesterday after a collision between a tanker and a barge on Thursday.

30/11/2009|06:34:00

(VietNamNetBridge)-A 100-hectare primeval ironwood forest has been discovered in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the northern-central province of Quang Binh. The park’s forest management station made the announcement November 27.

27/11/2009|07:06:00

(VietNamNet Bridge)-The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on November 23 held a forum to call on international support to cope with climate change in the agricultural sector.

27/11/2009|07:04:00

(VietNamNet Bridge)-As much as 20,000cu.m of waste water from about 100 hospitals in HCM City is directly discharged into local public drainage systems or local rivers without being treated, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

27/11/2009|06:58:00

The project titled Restoring and managing sustainable forests in Bac Giang, Quang Ninh and Lang Son provinces, co-sponsored by the German Government, is undergoing its final stage. Its objective for the end of 2009 is to establish 8,590ha of forests (planting new forest trees and taking care of existing forest trees on a total area of 7,090ha, and managing 1,500ha of community forests).