A Tibetan bear was rescued by the Asian Animal Foundation after being transferred by a bear breeder in the nothern mountainous province of Lai Châu.

A short story by Như Bình

Ong Soon Seng won the 70km category of the Tam Đảo Mountain Trail, which concluded in Tam Đảo Town in Vĩnh Phúc Province yesterday.

Cao Ngọc Hà, a Vietnamese amateur runner, has entered the top 10 of the Asia Trail Master Championship by winning the recent Việt Nam Jungle Marathon (VJM) held in the Pù Luông Nature Reserve in the central province of Thanh Hóa.

A fire broke out in the protected pine forest in Hà Nội's outlying district of Sóc Sơn on Monday, resulting in the destruction of 100 hectares.

Rescued bears in Việt Nam will have more living space with the inauguration of two houses with two semi-natural enclosures at Tam Đảo National Park bear reserve in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc.

Various rivers in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc are getting polluted by waste water used by households for daily chores and from trade villages.

The herbbank.org website, which provides information on all types of herbs from all over Việt Nam, is an unlikely brainchild of Phạm Thị Nhàn.

Picking out a lettuce leaf from the greenhouse garden, Israeli President Reuven Ruvi Rivlin had a taste of what Israeli technology has brought to Việt Nam.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ welcomed Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at a joint business forum yesterday to advocate mutual economic, trade and investment relations between the two nations as part of Rivlin’s state visit to Việt Nam.