Dozens of peach trees in the resort city of Da Lat unexpectedly blossom in the rainy season, instead of in spring to welcome the new year. Many people come to see the out-of-season flowers.

Discovered in 2005, the Heaven Cave is the longest dry cave in Asia. Located in the ecological restoration area of the Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park, Quang Binh province, the cave has been opened for tourists as of September 3.

On 15 August 2010, at 43 Trang Tien Street Exhibition Center the Picture Exhibition on Environment has been opened. The Exhibition was organized by VACNE and Education Scientific by VACNE and Education Scientific Institute and will extend from 15 August to 30 October 2010

Visiting Hanoi’s Old Quarter, foreign tourists were surprised and then annoyed for being harried by vendors. These photos were shot on August 12.

After tangled cables and electrical wires hung on electric poles were buried, many Hanoi’s streets have seemingly become spacious. Streets with entangled overhead telecom cables and electrical wires have become very familiar to Hanoi residents over the years. Thanks to the city’s policy of burying these cables and wires, streets have become spacious.

Forty-two competitors released 42 baby birds at Tram Huong tower on the coast of Nha Trang on August 11, with the message of preserving the green and clean environment. They also took part a parade along Nha Trang coast and signed a message calling for environmental protection. “Protect Mother Earth with Me” is the slogan of this activity.

Behind the boiling living rhythm of a deep-water port, Dung Quat Bay in Quang Ngai province is a lovely natural landscape. Dung Quat bay is 45km northeast of Quang Ngai city and oil tankers anchor in the bay to take products from Dung Quat Oil Refinery.Making a survey of Dung Quat in September 1994, late PM Vo Van Kiet uttered: “Dung Quat is beautiful like a sleeping princess” and he chose it as the home for Vietnam’s first oil refinery.