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Border soldiers help improve lives for ethnic minority people

The lives of ethnic minority people in the central province of Quảng Bình’s Minh Hóa District have changed thanks to the care of soldiers over the past 10 years.Bringing wet rice to Rục ethnic people was a “revolution” which helped people approach new production methods to ...

No appropriate solutions implemented to improve pollution: MONRE

An increase in the number of industrial zones has been polluting Việt Nam’s environment, and there are no appropriate solutions in place, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) warned in its draft 2019 report on environment protection released on Tuesday (05/05). Climate change is ...

Biodiversity needs proper protection measures

Việt Nam’s biodiversity is facing many challenges, especially in the context of global climate change.According to scientists of the Việt Nam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE), the three issues of biodiversity, climate change and sustainable development must be properly handled to achieve ...

Việt Nam to adopt anti-forced labour convention, extend agricultural land use tax incentive: NA

Việt Nam plans to join the Convention 105 (C105) on the abolition of forced labour developed by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee concluded at its 44th session on Tuesday (28/04). Members of NA Financial and Budget Committee said policies of ...

Long An to build erosion-prevention projects along rivers

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An will build erosion prevention projects along rivers to protect locals’ properties and safety, the provincial People’s Committee has said. One of the new erosion prevention projects is a 700 metre embankment along the Bảo Định River ...

Việt Nam forecast to face historic heat waves in 2020

Việt Nam is forecast to suffer the highest temperatures ever recorded in 2020, according to the latest report by the Meteorological and Hydrological Administration. The country is predicted to face increasing and complicated pattern of natural disasters this year due to the impact of global ...

Localities call for extension of social distancing: Committee

A number of localities have proposed extending the social distancing measures beyond April 15, according to a conference of the National Steering Committee on the Prevention and Control of COVID-19. While the majority of localities proposed that social distancing end on April 15, eight localities including ...

Saline intrusion in Mekong Delta likely to linger on

Saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta will likely remain at a high level until the end of April or early May, before gradually declining, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.In the worst case scenario, drought and saltwater intrusion may last even longer if the ...

Mekong Delta farmers switch to other crops in response to climate change

More farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have restructured their crop cultivation to adapt to the effects of climate change.The delta, the country’s largest rice, fruit and seafood producer, has faced severe drought and saline intrusion in recent years and local authorities have encouraged ...

Teacher brings borderless classroom to ethnic students

An English language high school teacher in the northern province of Phú Thọ has been employing a “borderless classroom model” to connect her students with their international peers via Skype.29-year-old Hà Ánh Phượng from Hương Cần High School encourages her students to sign up for ...

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