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A pygmy slow loris at the Hon Me wildlife rescue centre in the southern province of Kien Giang (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) and the World Bank (WB) launched on September 10 a project on strengthening the partnership in the conservation of endangered species in Vietnam. This project is part of a global partnership programme on wildlife conservation and crime prevention for sustainable development funded by the Global Environment Fund through the WB. The project will be carried out by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment from 2019 to 2022 to protect endangered species by reducing threats posed by illegal exploitation, trade and consumption through multilateral cooperation. It will engage joint efforts by domestic and foreign agencies and organisations, including non-governmental and social organisations and the private sector. Data of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) show that over the last 25 … [Read more...] about Project launched to boost ties in threatened species conservation

The defendants include Cham Van Kham, a 70-year-old overseas Vietnamese in Australia, who received 12 years in prison; Nguyen Van Vien, 48, residing in district 12, Ho Chi Minh City, with 11 years; and 20-year-old Tran Van Quyen, residing in Di An town, the southern province of Binh Duong, with 10 years. The sentences were in line with Article 113 of the 2015 Penal Code as the men were found “conducting terrorism against the people’s administration.” The “Viet Tan” or “Vietnam canh tan cach mang dang” (Vietnam Reform Party) is a terrorist organization of some Vietnamese in exile, established in Thailand in 1982 by Hoang Co Minh, a commodore of the navy in the former Saigon regime. Its current head is Do Hoang Diem, a US national born in 1963.  The organization aims to abolish the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and overthrow the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Cham Van Kham (in blue) at the court On October … [Read more...] about Members of “Viet Tan” terrorist organization get prison sentences

“Vietnam has cut child labor by 67 percent since 2000, and more Vietnamese children are better off today than 20 years ago,” according to Save the Children’s third annual Global Childhood Report 2019, released on July 30. Ms. Dragana Strinic, Country Director of Save the Children in Vietnam Photo: Save the Children Fund The Global Childhood report measures the extent to which children in each country experience “childhood enders” - life-changing events like child marriage, early pregnancy, exclusion from education, sickness, malnutrition, and death. Vietnam ranked 95th this year out of 176 countries, with less than 10 per cent of children aged 5-14 being engaged in child labor and an overall reduction in the stunting rate to 24.6 per cent against 36.5 per cent in 2000. Speaking at the report’s release, Ms. Dragana Strinic, Country Director of Save the Children in Vietnam, said the rate of child labor in Vietnam has achieved impressive … [Read more...] about Child labor in Vietnam down 67 percent since 2000: report

It is obvious that China has no legal waters which could be the overlapping area, or in dispute w with Vietnam's exclusive economic zone and the southern continental shelf, including the Vanguard Bank. According to the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea) Chronicle Initiative, since July 3, 2019, Haiyang Dizhi 8, a Chinese geological exploration ship has been operating in the territorial waters belonging to the Vietnam’s special economic zone, near the Tu Chinh – Vung May (Vanguard Bank – Rifleman Bank). The ship is escorted by at least three Chinese maritime surveillance vessels as discovered by satellites, including a 12,000 ton maritime surveillance ship, 3901 and a marine militia ship, Qiong Sansah Yu0014. Satellite signals also dicovered the presence of three Chinese maritime surveillance vessels, Haijing 37111, Haijing and Zhongjing Zhongjing 46303. It is obvious that China has no legal waters which could be the overlapping area, or in … [Read more...] about China has no waters at the Vanguard Bank

The Vietnam Mathematics Institute and experts disagree on the application of the multiple-choice mode for math exams, saying that it will harm education. A letter to Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam from Prof Phung Ho Hai, Director of the Vietnam Mathematics Institute, has caught public attention. Prof Phung Ho Hai The Vietnam Mathematics Institute and experts disagree on the application of the multiple-choice mode for math exams, saying that it will harm education. Hai pointed out that that this will encourage students to copy from each other, not prevent exam cheating. “The exam fraud at the national high school finals in Ha Giang can prove this. I can say for sure that Ha Giang is not the only province where exam cheating occurs,” Hai said. Mai Lan Five charged in Ha Giang school exam scandal Ha Giang Province People’s Court sentenced five people for allegedly cheating on the 2018 national high school exams at a first instance trial on Friday. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese mathematicians oppose multiple-choice questions for exam