The Dao People and the Hidden Costs of Progress in Việt Nam
In the mountainous regions of northern Việt Nam, the Dao community offers a revealing lens into the tensions between economic ...
In the mountainous regions of northern Việt Nam, the Dao community offers a revealing lens into the tensions between economic ...
A toxic wave of arsenic from illegal rare-earth mining in Myanmar is surging down the Mekong River, placing the health ...
On April 23, 2026, a coalition of international human rights and environmental organizations delivered a sobering joint letter to European ...
“Hii saa bri… (We have eaten the forest…),” followed by the name of a specific place, is how the Mnông ...
November 2025 has been a cruel month for Southeast Asia. But nowhere is the silence of the submerged quite as ...
On March 17, 2023, environmental lawyer Đặng Đình Bách, imprisoned in Việt Nam since 2021, began a partial hunger strike. ...
Night fell, and as people slept, the water began to surge from nowhere. Unlike rain-driven floods, torrents unleashed by hydropower ...
The proposal to convert gasoline-powered motorbikes into electric vehicles is a “green” idea. But without a proper legal framework, technical ...
In a small café in Cẩm Phả, Quảng Ninh, the familiar rumble of coal trucks has grown faint. Groups of ...
Hundreds of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations are rapidly appearing across Hà Nội, accompanied by thousands of preferential loan packages ...
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