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Viet Nam to host UNESCO conference on geoparks in Asia-Pacific region
The 8th International Conference of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network for the Asia-Pacific Region will take place from September 5 to 17 in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc told reporters on August 22 that under the ...
Kim Anh
Ministries to remove land policies for agricultural tourism development
The development of tourism agriculture is a policy to promote OCOP (One Commune, One Product) and on-farm products, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam stated in a media interview with the Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper.The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural ...
Translated by Kim Khanh
Ha Giang’s fee proposal for Dong Van Geopark raises controversy
The management board of Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark said since 2011 experts at the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network (GGN) have discussed entry fee collection and financial autonomy for the tourism site. A report showed that about 65 percent of travelers to the province would visit ...
Linh Trang
Thirty tourism units sign commitments on environmental and wildlife protection
Representatives from 30 travel enterprises and conservation organisations signed a commitment to support tourism with high responsibility regarding theenvironment, nature and wildlife protection on December 17.The commitment highlighted the respect for nature, ecosystems and local culture in tourism business activities as well as the prohibition ...
HCM City to turn Can Gio into sustainable eco-urban area
Ho Chi Minh City plans to turn Can Gio District into an ecological urban area as part of efforts to urbanise it and improve the quality of life for locals. The PM has approved the 9.3 billion USD Can Gio Sea Encroachment Project, which is expected to ...
AIPA steps up parliarmentary cooperation in education, culture
As Chair of the ASEAN Inter-Parliarmentary Assembly (AIPA) for 2019-2020, the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) hosted a virtual conference on “Parliamentary Partnership on Educational and Cultural Cooperation for Sustainable Development” (AIPA ECC) on July 30.Participants shared information and experience on educational and cultural cooperation, clarifying ...
