Representatives from 30 tour operators and travel agencies recently signed a pledge to support responsible tourism, nature conservation and wildlife protection during a training workshop at Cat Tien National Park in the southern province of Dong Nai.
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh and Cambodian Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn on December 22 co-chaired the 18th meeting of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Commission for Economic, Cultural, Scientific and Technological Cooperation held via video conference.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc gave instructions on ways to address major problems facing by Tra Vinh, Thua Thien-Hue and Thai Binh provinces to help those localities promote development at working sessions on the past several days.
With their gentle and loving nature, female Vietnamese officers in UN Peacekeeping Missions have gained the trust and respect of the local communities in their host countries, contributing greatly to successful operations
As Storm Molave, the most powerful in 20 years, is fast approaching Vietnam, subsidiaries of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam or PVN) which are located in areas vulnerable to the storm, have proactively taken measures to protect oil and gas projects and assist local communities when necessary.
In anticipation of this year’s flood and storm season, farmers living in flood-prone area have been relocated to a higher area in Cat Nhon commune, Phu Cat district, the south-central coastal province of Binh Dinh.
Over 200 experts, researchers and managers from departments of culture, sports and tourism nationwide gathered at a workshop on national tourism area management, which was held in the central-south province of Binh Thuan on October 24.
Vietnam has seen considerable improvements in budget transparency at national, provincial and ministry levels, heard a project closing workshop in Hanoi on October 8.
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 Vietnam National Administration of Tourism , along with the Vietnam Tourism Advisory Board and Swiss Sustainable Tourism Programme , have joined forces to launch a new ‘Green Travel’ section on the national tourism website www.vietnam.travel/sustainability.
The northern province of Vinh Phuc is working towards the goal of sustainable and effective development of the forestry sector, thus enhancing incomes for stakeholders.
The Phu Quoc marine protected area (MPA), part of the Phu Quoc National Park, is located in the waters of Phu Quoc island district, the southern province of Kien Giang. It was established in 2007, and is among 11 marine protected areas in Vietnam at present.
A total of 146 day-and-night checkpoints have been established by border guards in the northern province of Lang Son to stop illegal entries into Vietnam through small trails along border with China.
The UN Security Council held an informal interactive dialogue on July 22 with representatives of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) to look into the impact of COVID-19 on conflict-affected countries.
The newly-spotted groups of rare animals include the grey-shanked douc langur, northern yellow-cheeked gibbon, Owston's palm civet, Asian black bear, pygmy slow loris, otter, wildcat and many others.
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on July 17 approved a 100 million USD credit from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Cambodia Road Connectivity Improvement Project.
The south central province of Ninh Thuan has expanded a programme to allot forests to local communities to manage and built related livelihood models to help improve people’s lives.