Elephant reserve to prevent extinction

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Forestry Department is constructing three elephant reservations in an effort to protect the massive mammal from extinction.

Environmental protection for sustainable development

“Environmental protection plays a very important part in national socio-economic development, political and national security stability; thus it is important for the country’s international integration,” said Mr Dang Ngoc Tung, standing vice chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), during a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on December 7.

Mangrove forests - a green belt against natural disasters

Earthquakes and tsunamis are natural disasters which humans cannot prevent. However, mangrove forests, corals and primitive seaweed can mitigate and even prevent huge walls of water up to 15-metres high.