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  Mangrove forests in Sóc Trăng Province’s Trần Đề District. — VNA/VNS Photo Trung Hiếu SÓC TRĂNG — The co-management model for mangrove forest protection in Sóc Trăng Province has improved livelihoods in local communities and efficiently protects forests. Located south of the Hậu River, the southern-most tributary of the Mekong River, Sóc Trăng has faced the impacts of climate change, including coastal erosion. Human activities like overexploitation of aquatic resources in mangrove forests have caused the degradation of those forests which act as shields preventing erosion of coasts. To grow mangrove forests, the province launched the co-management model in Âu Thọ B Hamlet in Vĩnh Châu Town’s Vĩnh Hải Commune in 2007. Under it, local people together with authorities protect the forests and exploit aquatic resources and wood. Thạch Soal, … [Read more...] about Sóc Trăng forest co-management model helps protect mangroves, improve locals’ incomes

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh (R) receives Deputy Secretary General of  OECD Jeffrey Schlagenhauf (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh hosted a reception for Deputy Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Jeffrey Schlagenhauf in Hanoi on December 6. Binh welcomed the selection of Vietnam as the host of the 10th Regional Conference on Preventing and Combating Corruption in Infrastructure Projects in Asia Pacific by the OECD in coordination with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia Pacific.   He thanked the OECD for helping Vietnam review development polices, including the investment policies in 2017 and 2018. In February this year, the two sides started the building of Vietnam’s Multi-dimensional Country Review (MDCR), which will serve the drafting of the country’s socio-economic development strategy in the 2021-2030 and the … [Read more...] about Deputy PM asks OECD to share experience in fighting corruption

Luu Binh Nhuong, a permanent member of the National Assembly’s Committee for Social Affairs (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Party, Government, Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) and organisations must enhance their roles in protecting people who denounce and fight degradation, “self-evolution” and “self-transformation” among Party officials and members. Luu Binh Nhuong, a permanent member of the National Assembly’s Committee for Social Affairs, made the remark at a conference held by the VFF in Hanoi on February 23. Giving comments on the project “Mechanisms to protect and encourage people to report on, denounce and actively prevent and combat degradation, “self-evolution” and “self-transformation”", Nhuong said that it should determine the involvement of the Party organisations, authorities, VFF and other organisations in protecting denouncers. Meanwhile, Bui Xuan Duc, former Director of the VFF’s Centre … [Read more...] about Protecting denouncers of Party members’ degradation a must

Illustrative image  An article published by the website on May 9 said the threat of a bad report card from the European Union (EU) has alarmed more than 30,000 Vietnamese commercial trawlers. It quoted Tony Long, former Director of the World Wildlife Fund’s European Policy Office and senior fellow of the Global Government Institute, as saying that the EU carding system to drive out illegal fishing is showing it has teeth, adding that countries are terrified that the ultimate sanction, the red card, imposes potentially enormous financial sanctions and significant risks. The article said, citing source as the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP), that fishing is a cornerstone of Vietnam’s economy and since 2006, the nation has been globally ranked among the top 10 exporting countries in fisheries.  The article said Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the Directorate of Fisheries and VASEP have … [Read more...] about Global Policy Journal: Vietnam may become model of anti-IUU fishing

International Everton sack manager Silva after Merseyside derby humbling The Saigon Times Daily Friday,  Dec 6, 2019,14:26 (GMT+7) Everton sack manager Silva after Merseyside derby humbling The Saigon Times Daily Everton manager Marco Silva reacts at St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, Britain November 9, 2019 – PHOTO: REUTERS LONDON (REUTERS) - Everton have sacked manager Marco Silva the day after dropping into the relegation zone following a 5-2 defeat at Merseyside rivals Liverpool, the Premier League club said on Thursday. Silva, who arrived at Goodison Park in May 2018, has left with the team languishing 18th in the table on 14 points after they lost nine of their 15 league games this season. "Everton Football Club can confirm that manager Marco Silva has left the Club," Everton said on their website. “Majority Shareholder Farhad Moshiri, Chairman Bill Kenwright and the Board of Directors would like to … [Read more...] about Everton sack manager Silva after Merseyside derby humbling