Mount Fansipan in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai, the highest mountain in Indochina, is actually four metres higher than previously thought, standing at 3,147.3 metres above sea level.
Along with professional journalists, local villagers and citizens play an important role in gathering and reporting environmental news, experts have said.
The winners of an essay writing competition on sustainable traditional medicine were announced at an awards ceremony held in Hà Nội on Saturday.
Local fisherman Huỳnh Tấn Lộc now earned his living mostly from home-stay and cuisine service or night-fishing on boat rather than fishing.
Nine leading companies in the consumer goods and packaging industries joined hands to launch the coalition Packaging Recycling Organization Vietnam in HCM City on June 21.
The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has established linkages between 32 biodegradable plastic bag production enterprises and food enterprises.
The Việt Nam Mekong River Commission (VMRC) held the first plenary meeting in 2019 in the Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang on Wednesday under the chair of the commission’s chairman, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà.
