The southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau is improving connections between its Cai Mep-Thi Vai Port complex and surrounding provinces to strengthen its marine economy, and promoting environmentally friendly projects to develop its tourism sector.
Orders for furniture exports have risen strongly so far this year as demand has risen, according to Huynh Quang Thanh, Chairman and CEO of Binh Duong-based Hiep Long Fine Furniture Company.
The central province of Quang Tri is striving to grow over 42,000ha of forest and attain a certificate from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) by 2020.
The central province of Quang Nam, in cooperation with the Centre of Biodiversity Conservation, GreenViet, has begun an urgent conservation project for two herds of gray-shanked douc langurs (pygathrix cinerea) in a forest of Nui Thanh district’s Tam My Tay commune.
Recent rapid construction of more than 20 hotels and resorts in Son Tra Nature Reserve is threatening the survival of highly endangered langurs and other wildlife.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Intel Vietnam - Malaysia on December 5 launched a joint effort to plant 7,000 trees at the Lang Sen Wetland Reserve of the Mekong Delta province of Long An.
The APEC ministers issued a Joint Ministerial Statement on the outcomes of the 29th APEC Ministerial Meeting held in the central city of Da Nang on November 8-9.
Vietnam needs to implement policies of climate change mitigation in an inclusive and comprehensive way. Of that, mitigation actions might benefit the most disadvantaged and vulnerable people, experts have said.
A contingent of deputy ministers from Colombia has taken part in a study tour of Thai alternative economic crops grown under a Royal Project in Nan province.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Intel Products launched a joint effort to restore habitats in the Lang Sen Wetland Reserve, with the goal of planting more than 12,000 native trees this year.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak is taking a number of measures to reclaim nearly 51,000 hectares of forest land that were illegally occupied for reforestation.
Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang answered deputies’ queries on reforestation and advanced technology application in industrial production at the National Assembly's Q&A sesion.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has urged the Ministries of Industry & Trade, and Agriculture & Rural Development to keep a close eye on forest planting in land converted for hydropower projects
The central province of Thua Thien – Hue will pour over 110 billion VND (4.84 million USD) into preserving 5,000 hectares of coastal protective forests and lagoons.
The Government has issued a decree to implement policies on protecting and developing forests in combination with those relating to fast and sustainable poverty reduction for ethnic minority groups.
A 1.07-trillion-VND medium-density fibreboard factory (MDF) was constructed in the northern province of Bac Kan as part of an investment cooperation between the locality and Ho Chi Minh City.
Northern Bac Kan province, with the highest rate of forest coverage
in the nation, needs to develop forest-based economy into a key sector
and a sustainable source of livelihood for local residents in the next
five to seven years, said State President Truong Tan Sang.
Forestry production value has seen its largest-ever growth rate,
reaching an average annual increase of 6.57 percent per year over the
last three years, 1.54 percent higher than the level recorded in
2010-2012.
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