In response to World Environment Day (June 5) launched by the United Nations Environment Programme, Vietnam has since 1982 carried out activities to raise public awareness about environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and response to climate change.
The southernmost province of Ca Mau in recent years has developed its protection and commercial forests, which provide much-needed household, export and tourism revenue.
Endowed with a 254-km coastline and an abundance of aquatic resources, the southernmost province of Ca Mau has viewed sea-based economic development as an inexorable trend to help it create breakthroughs in socio-economic development.
National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on November 25 emphasised the urgent need to prevent and control riverbank and coastal erosion with the joint involvement of ministries, sectors, local authorities, organisations, businesses and people.
The traditional craft of making salted and fermented ba khia (three-striped crab) has reflected part of an effort conquering the nature of generations of people in the southern land.
The traditional ba khia (three-striped crab) sauce making in the southern province of Ca Mau has been officially recognised as the National Intangible Cultural Heritage.
After 45 years of national reunification and three decades of the Doi Moi (renewal) process, under the leadership of the Party, southern provinces and cities’ economy have thrived dramatically.
Ca Mau province lies on the southernmost point of Vietnam, and is famous for many tourist attractions. One of them is the long-standing Hanoi flag pole.
The month before Tet (Lunar New Year), which will fall on January 25, are the busiest for residents of Mekong Delta craft villages since demand for traditional specialties spike.
Ca Mau province should tap its potential for responsible, eco and community-based tourism in order to help the local sector develop sustainably, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 10.
By the end of 2019, Ca Mau is projected to welcome over 1.6 million tourist arrivals and earn nearly 2.5 trillion VND (about 107 million USD), increasing 16.2 percent and 13.4 percent respectively.
Authorities and people of Ca Mau are joining hands to establish the southernmost province of Vietnam as a charming and hospital destination for visitors.
Visitors to the Cape of Ca Mau nowadays are attracted to not only its cultural and historical values but also community-based eco-tourism that is growing more and more strongly.
The southernmost province of Ca Mau will promote its key agricultural products, especially collective brand names, to increase their value and competitiveness.
Land subsidence is worsening in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, and experts told a recent seminar in Can Tho city that over-exploitation of groundwater is one of the factors causing it.
A number of provinces in the Mekong Delta facing serious erosion along rivers and coastal areas are taking measures to protect the land and people in the area.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will expand marine aquaculture on an industrial scale in an aim to improve residents' income and protect the environment on islands and coastal areas from now until 2030, local authorities have said.
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has visited the southernmost province of Ca Mau to inspect landslide points along a sea dyke route in Tran Van Thoi district, which is at risk of breaking.
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