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Vietnam’s sugar industry is expected to face a great deal of difficulties as the country will drop tariffs on imported sugar from ASEAN under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) in 2020.

The People’s Committee of central Phu Yen province held a ceremony on July 22 to receive the Prime Minister’s Decision recognising its Tay Hoa district as a new-style rural area 2018.

A festival on the cultural preservation and development of the ethnic Cham community will be held in the central province of Phu Yen from August 13-16.

The Hoa Hoi Solar Power Plant was inaugurated on June 25 in Hoa Hoi commune, Phu Hoa district, south central Phu Yen province.

A range of activities introducing the quintessence of central Phu Yen province are awaiting visitors at a culture and tourism week that opened in Tuy Hoa city on March 30.

A rock formation made of stone has been discovered in the south central province of Phu Yen and is expected to be a new tourist draw in the locality.

Vietnam Railways (VNR) has asked railway companies to install cameras at level-crossing barriers to improve the safety of pedestrians.

The peak of this year’s hot season will fall in May, June and July, with temperature even reaching 40 Celsius degrees, according to Dr. Nguyen Phuc Lam, head of the Climate Forecast under the National Centre of Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting.

There was a time people in Phu Tan village, in central Phu Yen province, thought sedge mat weaving, the region’s traditional craft, was going to die out.

Bao Chau Private Enterprise on September 13 joined the Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN), a WWF initiative linking more than 300 companies worldwide that are committed to responsible forestry.

A campaign was launched in Hanoi on October 28 aiming to raise the awareness of the importance of safe herbal products.

The Phu Yen People’s Committee received a certificate recognising a local ancient storehouse as the national architectural relic.

The Health Ministry has taken stronger preventive measures against the Zika virus across the country, particularly in central Phu Yen province where a local man recently tested positive for the virus.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong held a working session with authorities of central Phu Yen province on May 3, suggesting the locality utilise its strengths in forest and marine economies.

The steering committee on human disease prevention of coastal central Phu Yen province launched a public campaign against dengue fever and Zika virus on April 10.

The low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific Airlines officially operated the Hanoi-Tuy Hoa route as its plane with 180 passengers on board landed at Tuy Hoa airport in the morning of December 16.

Eight groups of key coastal economic zones nationwide will receive investments sourced from the State coffer for further development during 2016-2020 under the Prime Minister’s recent approval.

The central province of Phu Yen has invested more than 4.17 trillion VND (189.5 million USD) in developing local mountainous and ethnic minority areas over the past five years.

Vietnam Development Bank (VDB) will give 330 billion VND (15.7 million USD) for a project to increase the capacity of KCP Vietnam Industries Limited (KCP VIL) in central Phu Yen province.