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Given what has been achieved so far, the export revenue of forestry products is likely to reach 11 billion USD in 2019, higher than the target of 10.5 billion USD.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has forecast that Vietnam’s economy will maintain healthy growth in 2019 and 2020 at 6.8 percent and 6.7 percent, respectively.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Green Annamites Project has recently equipped the central province of Thua Thien-Hue with a forest management system.

The prolonged severe drought has dried up thousands of hectares of protection forest in the south central province of Phu Yen, causing many forest fires.

Recent prolonged drought has caused serious water shortages for nearly 55,000 people in Binh Dinh province. The province has urged units to help affected people overcome the issue.

About 10,000 families in the central province of Quang Tri are in a shortage of water for daily use due to a prolonged drought, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 1 said that the national socio-economic situation experienced positive changes in July.

Prolonged droughts have made adverse impacts on the lives of people in the central region of Vietnam.

The south central coastal province of Phu Yen has been suffering hot weather and severe drought which might cause harvest losses.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) retained its growth projections for Vietnam at 6.8 percent for 2019 and 6.7 percent for 2020 in a report released on July 18.

Thailand is going to experience its worst drought in a decade, as average precipitation across the country has fallen far short of monthly averages, said the Meteorological Department.

Prolonged hot weather in the central region has caused low water levels in reservoirs and dams, seriously affecting agricultural production and the daily lives of local residents.

Competent authorities should work to raise public awareness as well as improve their forecasting capacity against natural disasters in the context of extreme and unpredictable climate change, Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong said in a letter penned for the 72nd anniversary of the Traditional Day on Natural Disaster Prevention (May 22).

Like other provinces in the Central Highlands, Dak Lak is currently in the middle of the peak dry season.

Like other localities in the Central Highlands, Dak Lak province is currently in the middle of the peak dry season.

An unusual game, the sitting tug-of-war, is considered to be a spiritual ritual in the Tran Vu temple festival in Ngoc Tri village, Long Bien district, Hanoi.

Because of climate change, Kien Giang province is struggling to maintain its place as Vietnam’s biggest rice producer – a distinction it has held for nearly two decades.

Officials from the agriculture sector and some provinces gathered at a recent workshop in Ninh Thuan province to discuss ways to sustainably develop goat and sheep farming and adapt it to climate change.

President Tran Dai Quang’s visit to Ethiopia and Egypt from August 23-29 is expected to open new prospects for trade and investment cooperation between Vietnam and the two nations, as well as with the African region in general.

Some 120,138 ha of rice fields affected by a lack of water and saltwater intrusion in the southern region will be used to grow other crops in 2018.