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Eight world Ramsar sites in Vietnam
February is the World Wetlands Day. The World Wetlands Day 2018 has the theme "wetlands for a sustainable urban future".
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Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve becomes Vietnam’s ninth Ramsar site
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