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Vietnam has nine biosphere reserves with a total area of 4 million hectares, accounting for 12.1 percent of the country’s total natural land area. These reserves are home to 1.78 million people.

Vu Hong Thanh, head of the National Assembly’s Committee for Economic Affairs, on July 15 urged the southern province of Dong Nai to maintain resources for land retrieval, compensation and resettlement work in service of the Long Thanh airport project.

As the music industry has been hit hard by COVID-19, virtual concerts are helping Vietnamese artists promote their music and engage with their fans.

The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on July 7 issued punishments for an incumbent Party official of Dong Thap province and a former official of Dong Nai province for their serious violations while performing their duties.

The People’s Court of the central highlands province of Lam Dong issued prison terms of up to seven years at the first-instance trial on July 6 to two men and a woman for attempting to overthrow the people’s administration, under Clause 2 of Article 109 of the Penal Code.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has recently signed a decision approving the Organic Agriculture Development Project for 2020-2030 with a hope of becoming one of countries with advance organic agriculture production.

Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, dairy producer Vinamilk’s total revenue and profit in the first half of 2020 still rose 3-7 percent on-year, CEO Mai Kieu Lien has said.

Industrial parks in Dong Nai province in the gateway of the southern key economic zone have been preparing for an influx of foreign direct investment (FDI).

A workshop was held in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on June 18 to seek ways to develop seaports and logistics services, which are important components of the local economy.

Three medical facilities in Vietnam recently fulfilled seven criteria to be awarded Platinum Status by the World Stroke Organisation (WSO).

Exports and imports in the southern province of Dong Nai have slowly recovered since COVID-19 was largely brought under control.

The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission held its 45th session in Hanoi from June 1 to 4, during which it proposed the Politburo discipline Secretary of the Quang Ngai Provincial Party Committee Le Viet Chu.

The Ministry of Health on May 25 requested provinces and centrally-run cities nationwide to enhance the prevention and control of the Zika virus and dengue fever.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Home Affairs has submitted a plan to the municipal People's Committee on the merger of three districts and 19 wards in the eastern area of the city.

Due to filming delays caused by the COVID-19 crisis, TV-serial makers in HCM City are rushing to finish their works and offer their films to viewers at home.

This month ground was broken for Viet Phat Industrial Park, one of the largest in the country, in Long An province.

The police has detained four people to serve investigations into the deadly accident in Giang Dien industrial Park, the southern province of Dong Nai, that killed 10 and injured 14 others on May 14, according to deputy director of Dong Nai police department Colonel Nguyen Van Kim.

Enterprises in southern provinces that have resumed operation after the end of the social distancing period are facing a shortage of workers.

In the middle of Tri An Reservoir of southern Dong Nai province, there is a floating classroom for poor children, taught by a 41-year-old monk from a nearby inland pagoda.

The HCM City administration has ordered the city Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Rescue and local authorities to assess 300 sites that face a high risk of landslides and floods in case of heavy rains and storms.