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Communities placed at centre of sustainable tourism development
Community-based tourism brings economic benefits to local communities, contributing to the effective preservation and promotion of natural and cultural resources of each region, in line with the trend of sustainable development. Community-based tourism is to be promoted in the Vietnam Tourism Development Strategy to 2030 in ...
Mekong Delta struggling to maintain freshwater
About 78,000ha of rice paddies and orchards in the Mekong Delta region are predicted to get severely affected by drought – salinity intrusion this March-April. The Mekong Delta has around 2 million hectares of rice fields and fruit trees. These farmlands are facing serious irrigation ...
Translated by Thanh Tam
Vietnam capable of earning US$200 mln per year from carbon credit trade
Vietnam is capable of selling some 40 million carbon credits for a revenue of US$200 million annually, the Department of Forestry has calculated.It said the country has freshly signed an emissions reduction purchase agreement with Emergent, a non-profit intermediary engaging between tropical forest countries and ...
Disaster risk reduction partnership planning 2025-2030 relevant to Vietnam's priorities: UNDP Resident Coordinator
The disaster risk reduction partnership’s plan for 2025-2030 will be developed in accordance with the Government of Vietnam’s priorities on natural disaster prevention as well as in line with the strategic goals of all partners, Pauline Tamesis, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in Vietnam ...
Project to develop multi-use values of forest ecosystem to 2030 approved
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on February 29 signed a decision approving a project on developing multi-use values of the forest ecosystem to 2030, with a vision to 2050.The project aims to improve the efficiency of management and sustainable use of forest resources; create ...
Mekong Delta: Drought, saltwater intrusion cause subsidence, water shortage
This year’s dry season is expected to bring more severe drought and saltwater intrusion to the Mekong Delta compared to previous years, significantly impacting the lives and production of local residents.Furthermore, saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta depends on the water flow from the upper ...
National Data Strategy towards 2030 approved
Vietnam aims to handle all administrative procedure applications online by 2030, according to the freshly approved National Data Strategy.The strategy sets the target of having 100% of national data centres, regional data centres and national centres for large data storage and high performance computing across ...
MIC plans to boost digital infrastructure, digital applications in 2024
In 2024, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will focus on key tasks, including the development of digital infrastructure and digital applications to boost the digital economy, creating new momentum for economic growth and labour productivity, Minister of Nguyen Manh Hung has said.The ministry ...
Agriculture ministry wants to sell 5.9 million tons more of carbon dioxide
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has reported to the government about the signing of documents on transferring 10.3 million tons of CO2 to the World Bank which will bring turnover of VND1.25 trillion.In the report to the Prime Minister on the implementation ...
Tam An
Ha Giang ready for Mong Ethnic Cultural Festival 2023
The Mong Ethnic Cultural Festival and the Mong Khen Festival in 2023 are expected to attract a large number of domestic and foreign tourists to explore the unique cultural activities of the Mong people in the Ha Giang Stone Plateau.Ha Giang province in general and ...
Yen Minh