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 national report on the maritime and insular environment in the 2016 - 2020 period is a basis for devising orientations and solutions for effectively managing, preventing, and minimising marine pollution.
A project on developing construction materials to build facilities in coastal and island localities through 2025 has been approved by the Government, the Ministry of Construction has said.
The total output of aquaculture and fishing of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue reached 17,736 tonnes in the last five months, a year-on-year increase of 15.43 percent.
Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh has asked the Ministry of Finance to make an advance payment of 1.68 trillion VND to compensate residents in central coastal provinces for losses caused by a maritime incident.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has urged ministries and agencies to boost efforts to assist victims of the toxic spill by the Taiwanese Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Co. Ltd.
The central provinces of Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Tri are working to ensure the progress of paying compensation covered by Taiwanese Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation.
Vietnam has gained significant outcomes in the exploitation, management and conservation of marine resources over the past few years, an official has said.
Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company has admitted responsibility for a spate of mass fish deaths in four central coastal provinces of Vietnam, said Mai Tien Dung, Minister-Chairman of the
Vietnam will host for the first time the 5th East Asian Seas Congress themed “Global targets, local benefits – Setting the sustainable development agenda for the seas of East Asia beyond 2015”.
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