With a convenient location in Bai Tu Long Bay and adjacent to the world natural heritage site of Ha Long Bay, Van Don island district in the northeastern coastal province of Quang Ninh has many advantages to develop tourism, especially sea and island tourism.
Hanoi is promptly taking actions to improve air quality which has been assessed as very low for the past two weeks, according to municipal authorities.
Embankments made of natural materials to prevent erosion along rivers and canals have proved so effective in Hau Giang that the province plans to expand the model.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on September 30 held an urgent video-conference with leaders of 16 provinces and related ministries after PM2.5 air pollution exceeded the safe level in Bangkok and surrounding provinces.
The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) always wants to consolidate and promote traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Hungary, NA Vice Chairman Phung Quoc Hien said on September 30.
The Southern Regional Hydro-Meteorological Center has announced that river tides in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta region reached flood warning level 3 on September 30 and October 1.
The northern province of Vinh Phuc plans to set aside some 7 trillion VND (301.3 million USD) to carry out the national target programme on building new style rural area by 2025.
Ho Chi Minh City needs a master plan for 30 years to make sure that investments in water supply dovetail with the overall long-term plan, experts have said.
The official visit to Vietnam by Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith from October 1 to 3 is set to give a further boost to the two countries’ traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation.
Industrial parks and economic zones attracted 397 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with estimated registered capital of 10.1 billion USD in the first nine months of this year.
The lives of ethnic people in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang have improved in recent years with the province implementing several measures for their socio-economic upliftment.
Vietnam’s culture, landscape, and cuisine are being promoted at the Metz International Fair, which opened in Moselle province, France, on September 27.
Vietnam has contributed to building contents of draft resolutions of the 42nd session of the UN Human Right Council in Geneva, Switzerland, which closed on September 27.
Agricultural businesses are facing increasing international competition and must use science, technology and innovation to improve their productivity and competitiveness, experts said at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on September 27.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung inspected a coastal dyke in Tan Thanh commune, Go Cong Dong district, one of the landslide hotspots in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, on September 27.
The current international system is such that nothing could be done to compel Indonesia to deal with its forest fires, which is affecting the region, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said.
The Thai Ministry of Industry, the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand, the Water and Environment Institute for Sustainability, and the Federation of Thai Industries have held the Eco Innovation Forum 2019, on the theme ‘The Economy: Way to a Smart and Sustainable Eco Industrial Town,’ raising awareness in the industrial sector of the circular economy concept in eco industrial town development to maximise efficiency in resource consumption.
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