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As many as 158 individuals and organisations have been found illegally importing scrap into Vietnam as they are not certified to carry out such activities.
A wildlife trafficker has been sent to prison for 10 years by the People’s Court of Dien Bien district, the northwestern province of Dien Bien.
A symposium held in northern Hai Phong city on September 19 looked into the global trend of eco-industrial parks (EIPs) and their prospects in Vietnam.
The Vietnam National Mekong Committee (VNMC) held a national consultation in Ho Chi Minh City on September 18 to look into Laos’ Pak Lay hydropower project.
Vietnam has been one of the nine countries invited by Canada to attend the G7 Ministerial Meeting on Working Together on Climate Change, Oceans and Clean Energy.
Despite great efforts taken by Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities to fight flooding, many flood-control projects have been delayed by administrative procedures.
A project to deal with leftover bombs and mines has been launched in the central province of Quang Binh’s Quang Trach district as a cooperation activity between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK).
Northern and north-central localities have taken measures to prepare themselves for super typhoon Mangkhut, which is forecast to bring heavy rains and whirlwind to the regions on September 17-18.
Super Typhoon Mangkhut, the strongest typhoon so far this year, is predicted to hit Vietnam’s northern region on September 17 morning and bring heavy downpours and strong winds to 27 northern and north central provinces and cities.
The People’s Committee in Ha Long City, in the northern province of Quang Ninh, has announced that all kinds of fishing will be banned in Ha Long Bay’s natural reserve sites as of October 1.
The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh is among leading localities in switching to green growth, with the goal of becoming an international tourism hub and a place worth of living by 2020.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on September 13 granted the “Blue Sail” certificate to two tourism ships operating on Ha Long Bay of the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh.
Consumption of bio-fuel E5 RON 92 nationwide increased 31.8 percent in the first half of this year to 1.78 million cubic metres, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Super Typhoon Mangkhut is forecast to hit the northern mainland of Vietnam on September 17 and 18, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHF).
A recent serious floods across mountainous locations in the central region have caused landslides blocking National Highway 15C to Muong Lat district in the central province of Thanh Hoa.
Proper management of water and fires at the Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap holds the key to preserving the Ramsar site’s eco-system, experts have said.
Air pollution in HCM City caused by vehicles has become even more serious than the level of pollution emitted by industrial zones, environmental experts say.
Con Dao National Park actually started protecting sea turtles in 1991. Statistics from the park show that about 750,000 baby turtles have been released into the sea in the past five years.
