Vice News 13 May 2015 When Hai Thach weighed his rice harvest last week it was half as much as it should have been. But it was still better than 2013, the year he lost everything. For Thach and millions of other poor farmers in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, earning an income off the land is getting harder. Prolonged dry seasons and sea-level rise, brought about by climate change, is pushing Read More…

VietNamNet Bridge 10 May 2015 As one of the countries that will endure the worst impacts of climate change, Vietnam has been comprehensively preparing to mitigate the troubles that lie ahead. According to a report from the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control, in the last 15 years natural calamities such as storms, flash floods, landslides, drought and salt intrusion have left Read More…

Viet Nam News 5 May 2015 HA NOI (VNS) — Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai asked the Ha Noi People's Committee to speed up projects on restoring water flows and reducing pollution in major rivers in the city. Three river systems in the south and the west of the city – the Day, Tich and Nhue rivers– provide water for irrigation and daily use to more than 4.3 million residents in 20 Read More…

Asian Correspondents 4 May 2015 In 2012 and 2013, poachers killed 10% of the global population of forest elephants. 100,000 African elephants were killed for their tusks between 2010 and 2012. Wildlife Conservation Society estimates that 96 elephants are killed illegally every single day. Another conservation group, iWorry, once estimated that an elephant is killed every minute for its ivory Read More…

Cihan 1 May, 2015 Like many other cities of the world, the Laotian capital, with its improving economy and standard of living, is not spared from the scourge of urban living: the proliferation of plastics and products bottled or wrapped in plastics. The biggest problem is that wrappers or bottles made of plastic materials are carelessly thrown just about anywhere. Most of them end up Read More…