If you're a lover of traditional German food and beer, you don’t need to wait to attend HCM City's version of Germany's famed annual Oktoberfest, the world’s largest food and beer festival.

Việt Nam will promote education on tobacco prevention at schools, propose a higher tax rate on cigarettes, raise serious reports on smoking-related diseases and impose strict punishments on violations in smoke-free areas.

Local authorities and travel companies are determined to work together to build non-smoking tourist destinations, restaurants and hotels in Hà Nội.

Japanese popular singer Ueno Yuuka, who was appointed the Goodwill Ambassador for the 16th annual Hội An-Japan Cultural Exchange, will join environmental protection activities in Cẩm Thanh commune as part of the annual event on August 17-19.

Although progress has been made in tobacco control, more efforts are needed on anti-tobacco measures and reduction of deaths related to smoking in Việt Nam.

In a business-as-usual scenario, world’s ocean could contain one tonne of plastic for every three tonnes of fish by 2025, and by 2050, more plastic than fish [by weight].

The Duyên Hà Resort Cam Ranh in the central coastal province of Khánh Hòa was recognised as a Luxury Villa Resort at the 11th World Luxury Hotel Awards.

Bình Thuận Province has reaped enormous economic benefits from titanium mining, but the industry has also damaged the environment badly, degraded the lives of local residents.

The Government has issued a decree, which, starting this month imposes punishments for littering, throwing cigarette butts and ash in non-smoking areas, urinating in public places.