Typhoon Tembin: death toll crosses 230 in the Philippines; Vietnam spared the wrath

The storm, which left a trail of death and destruction in the Philippines, did not make landfall in Vietnam

Burn baby burn

The use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam war maimed US soldiers as well. A first hand account

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Killer highway

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Conservation corridors

Asia to have its first cross-country linkages of fragmented habitats

Asia’s largest cities, including Delhi, lack water security

Urban water security in Asian cities is in decline, forcing them to find new ways to manage this prescious resource

‘You feel like superman’

Guim Valls Teruel and his wife Nguyen Thuy Anh travelled across 14 countries on hybrid solar electric bicycles before landing in Delhi. Between …

"Massive assault"

Vo Quy is semi-retired, but still officially heads the Center for Natural Resources Management and Environmental Studies at the University of …

How the saltwater crocodile once lorded over Vietnam’s waterways…and then died out

A new article published in the IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter details the history of saltwater crocodiles in Vietnam and southern China

African swine fever runs riot across Asia; Is India next?

A whopping 3.7 million pigs have been culled across East and Southeast Asia since the disease struck China in August last year

Vietnam farmer to receive award for fight against climate change

Pham Thi Huan has helped women switch to duck raising for egg production after cultivating rice proved to be difficult in …

Exploring Mekong expedition

Book>> Mad About The Mekong by John Keay, Exploration and Empire in Southeast Asia Harper Collins London 2005

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A generation scarred

Agent Orange claims second generation victims in Vietnam

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Not kidding

Children in developing countries continue to suffer, claims UNICEF

Primates losing race

World Tiger Day: The striped cats have gone extinct in 3 southeast Asian countries; here is why

Poaching and habitat loss largely responsible for the development according to experts  

Why 40°C is bearable in a desert but lethal in the tropics

Heatwaves of similar magnitudes can have very different impacts depending on factors like humidity or how prepared an area is for extreme heat

Avian havoc

Bird flu cases soaring in Vietnam

Beating the cholera bug

Typhoon Haiyan reaches Vietnam, China

Haiyan, which has claimed over 10,000 lives, is reportedly one of the strongest storms on record  

Fixing cheap carbon

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

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