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Biodiversity corridor to benefit central provinces

The Vietnam Environment Administration on Jan. 12 officially launched the largest ever biodiversity conservation project, aiming to establish a biodiversity corridor in three central provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue.

Growing threat to biodiversity

Growing threat to biodiversity

Biodiversity and the natural environment in central Vietnam are being increasingly degraded due to economic development, according to a recent study by the Vietnam Environment Administration's Biodiversity Conservation Department.

Project enhances VN biodiversity

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment yesterday launched a project aimed at enhancing the management of biodiversity conservation in protected areas throughout the country.

Japan to aid biodiversity database

Japan will help Viet Nam develop a national biodiversity database system in efforts to strengthen capacity on biodiversity resource management.

Seminar talks biodiversity vision until 2020

Seminar talks biodiversity vision until 2020

The Vietnam Environment Administration held a seminar entitled “The United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020” in Hanoi on March 17.

Decree ‘a win for forests'

Decree ‘a win for forests'

The issuing of Decree 117 on the organisation and management of Special Use Forests was an important step in the fight to protect our environment.

Viet Nam-Germany biodiversity project launched

Viet Nam-Germany biodiversity project launched

A joint US$3.96 million Viet Nam-German project to preserve the biodiversity of the country's forests was launched in Ha Noi yesterday.

Germany helps to protect Vietnam’s biodiversity

The “Preservation of Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems in Vietnam” project, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) was launched in Hanoi on December 8.

Greater effort urged to protect biodiversity

Greater effort urged to protect biodiversity

A master plan is expected to increase efficiency in the currently weak management of biodiversity, a national seminar on biodiversity in Ha Noi heard yesterday.

Vietnam recognised high biodiversity nation

Vietnam recognised high biodiversity nation

Vietnam has been recognized as a nation with high biodiversity and is one of the countries on the list of priorities for global conservation, said Dr. Pham Anh Cuong, Deputy Director of the Biodiversity Conservation Department at an international symposium on biodiversity in Hanoi on Nov. 17.

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ASEAN task pressure talks about mental health

The very first meeting from the ASEAN task pressure on mental health has been heldin Hanoi from May 23-25, with associates from regional and globalorganisations participating. Addressing the openingceremony, Deputy Minister of Public Health, Nguyen Thi Xuyen stated theevent offers nations an opportunity to share good practices in protectingmental health, adding to strengthening cooperation within the regionand fulfilling the aim of “Healthy people, healthy ASEAN”. Xuyen known as on nations to

Desperate people get free facial, eye surgery

Forty-two kids with harelips and cleft palates within the two CentralHighlands provinces of Dak Nong and Dak Lak have obtained free check-upsand procedures. The programme for poor children inremote and ethnic minority areas, worth about 500 million VND, wascarried out and based on the Center for Research and Aid forOperation Smile (OSCA) at Dak Nong province’s general hospital from May19-21. OSCA Director Bui Tu Anh stated this isthe very first time the center provides free check-ups and surgical