have uncovered a vast trading network which operated in Vietnam from around 4,500 years ago up until around 3,000 years ago.
Category: Viet Nam
Climate change is already disrupting lives in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Climate change its causing flooding and droughts that damage agricultural land in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.
Thailand-Vietnam sign 10 deals for greater coooperation
They emphasised the importance of management of the Mekong River to ensure balance between economic growth and environmental protection.
Graft props up illegal timber trade: activist
“Investigation of illegal logging and timber smuggling across the border is reported by the media, but nothing changes because timber businesses are supported by state actors,” claimed Environmentalist Ouch Leng.
‘We are jobless…’: Vietnamese fishermen battle for justice
A year after Vietnam’s worst environmental disaster, lives remain ruined while the government cracks down on protesters seeking compensation
Lam Dong seeks funds to repair unsafe reservoirs
Most of the reservoirs have been short of monitoring equipment, poorly constructed, and relatively unsafe for operations.
Q&A with Erik Solheim: China and India can help satisfy energy demands in environmentally-friendly way
UNEP executive director speaks about energy access in China and India, and efforts to ban the global illegal animal trade.
Central Highlands shun hydropower plants
Most of them are situated in natural forests.
Vietnam Scraps Controversial Plan to Dump Sludge in Binh Thuan Sea
Public opposition prompted Vietnamese authority to scrap plans to dump about 1 million cubic meters of sludge into the Binh Thuan Sea.
Vietnam’s sinking rice bowl
The Mekong Delta is the most fertile area in Vietnam, and also the most fragile: It is the country’s rice bowl, and it is now slowly sinking into the sea.