the state appraisal committee in Vietnam has approved a controversial routing plan for the new Ho Chi Highway which cuts through the country's oldest national park, Cuc Phuong, housing many rare

A collision bet

Drinking water in some parts of northern Vietnam is contaminated with arsenic levels 50 times higher than the set standards, according to a recent study. Due to this, more than 11 million people are

The dioxin levels in the blood samples taken from residents of Vietnam's Bien Hoa city are 135 times higher than the levels found in the blood of residents of the capital Hanoi. This was revealed in

India fares the worst in a survey of Asia s polluted countries

Genetically improved plants in Vietnam to help Australia meet its Kyoto target as cheaply as possible

Conservationists and environmentalists are worried that the construction of Vietnam's second major north-south highway could have a devastating environmental impact. Although acknowledging the

If fresh rains hit central coastal Vietnam again it will spell doom for the region, say meteorologist . This area is already struggling to recover from last November's devastating floods that killed

More than 400 lives lost, 94 missing and thousands of hectares of crops destroyed in Vietnam

About 110,000 litres (24,200 gallons) of diesel oil was spilled after two tankers collided near southern Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, an official from the city's environment department said. The