VACNE convenes seventh congress for 2018-2023 tenure

The Vietnam Association for the Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE) convened its seventh congress for the 2018-2023 tenure in Hanoi on November 26 and marked its 30th founding anniversary.
VACNE convenes seventh congress for 2018-2023 tenure ảnh 1VACNE Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Sinh (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Association for the Conservationof Nature and Environment (VACNE) convened its seventh congress for the2018-2023 tenure in Hanoi on November 26 and marked its 30th foundinganniversary.

The congress elected a 130-member central executive committeeand Nguyen Ngoc Sinh was re-elected as its chairman.

As of late December 2017, its total number of chapters roseto 200, which helped with raising public awareness of environmental protectionand fighting legal violations in the field.

With the involvement of ecological scientists, VACNE hasmade active contributions to national environmental goals via scientific studies,technological transfer, technical consultations, and the launch of sustainableproduction models.

It also offered feedback on the construction of a section ofthe Ho Chi Minh Road that runs through Cuc Phuong and Phong Nha-Ke Bangnational parks during 2001-2002, and the Son La hydropower plant in 2000-2002.

Seminars on global climate change and Vietnam’s response, aswell as biodiversity preservation in Truong Son Range were also held to raiseopinions on the 2013 amended Law on Environmental Protection, the Law onBiodiversity, the Law on Environment Taxation, and a number of legalregulations on environmental protection and sustainable development.

Since the launch of the Vietnam Heritage Trees event in2010, VACNE has recognised over 2,000 heritage trees from 70 different species,contributing to sustainable socio-economic development and biodiversitypreservation.

In the coming years, VACNE will continue making practicalcontributions to ecological protection and climate change response towards thegoal of eco-friendly, sustainable growth in the country. –VNA 
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