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Vietnam is joining international efforts to protect blue ocean in response to World Ocean Day 2022.

The Forest Protection Department in the southern province of Dong Nai recently received equipment, including 10 cameras and 60 camera traps, to better manage and protect elephants in the province.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has assigned the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands (VASI) to work on building a blue sea economy partnership group to carry out a sustainable development strategy for Vietnam’s maritime economy to 2030, with a vision to 2045.

Vietnam's wood processing and furniture industry has made big strides over the past decade, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on March 25.

A campaign aiming to tackle plastic waste in Vietnam was launched on January 24 in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s forestry export value this year is estimated at 15.87 billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 20 percent, an official has said.

A webinar held on December 24 pointed out the need to develop sustainable livelihoods for residents in the buffer zones of nature reserves and national parks so as to help with forest conservation.

The northern province of Quang Ninh plans to reopen to international tourists from the first week of next year.

The Health Ministry’s Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) launched a campaign on HIV prevention on November 17.

A consultation workshop on a report on Vietnam’s blue economy took place in Hanoi on November 5.

The Vietnam Administration of Sea and Islands (VASI) at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the World Bank have jointly held a virtual consultation workshop on the building of a Blue Economy partnership group.

A representative from the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands under the Ministry of Planning and Environment has affirmed that Vietnam stands ready to participate in and contribute to regional and global initiatives aiming to reduce marine plastic waste.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has approved a plan for Vietnam to proactively prepare for and take part in the building of a global agreement on ocean plastic pollution.

A representative from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has affirmed that Vietnam supports and stands ready to engage in discussions to join efforts in building an agreement on marine pollution.

The maritime environment is facing a number of risks emerging amid the COVID-19 pandemic, especially oil spills, so it is necessary to proactively make preparations to respond, experts said.

The Vietnam CITES Management Authority and the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources handed over 56 rhino horn DNA samples to the South African Embassy in Vietnam on June 1.

Vietnam earned about 1.52 billion USD from wood and forestry exports in March, raising the value in the first three months of this year to over 3.94 billion USD, up 41.5 percent year-on-year.

The Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) aims to collect 2.8 trillion VND (121.7 million USD) from forest environmental services this year.

Three Vietnamese companies have won a regional challenge to combat plastic waste in Ha Long Bay.

The forestry sector should take swift action to build a project on zoning off and protecting natural forests in the time to come, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong.