Long years

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam records from 10-15 flash floods each year, mostly in the northern mountainous, central, Central Highlands and southeastern regions, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Vu Duc Long said on January 15. He informed that the country is building a project to assess disaster risks in regions and make a flash flood and landslide warning map in the mountainous and midland regions. Accordingly, the project will be carried out in 37 mountainous provinces and 34 main river basins and 95 sub-basins. It will offer flash flood risk maps for 14 northern mountainous provinces at the 1:100,000 scale and 19 central and Central Highlands localities at the 1:50,000 scale, while providing data of cross-section measurements in 36 small river basins in the northern mountainous region and topographic maps at the 1: 5,000 scale for 58 residential areas at risk of flash floods in 19 central and Central Highlands localities./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam witnesses 10-15 flash floods each year

Lâm Cần Nguyên from Vị Thanh City of Hậu Giang Province worked with Hải Sơn Seedling Company in Bến Tre Province to set up a grapefruit farm called Ruby in Vĩnh Hoà Hưng Nam Commune, Gò Quao District of Kiên Giang Province. … [Read more...] about Farmer fixes salty soil to plant fruit for export

Despite fast population aging and the number of people aged 65 and above making up 7.7 percent of the population, Vietnam is still one of the few countries effectively responding to the pandemic. To sustain this achievement, it should prepare all conditions necessary for ensuring social security and nursing services for the elderly, especially the ones living alone, at care centres, and with disabilities, the UNFPA said./. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 16

Collection of packaging used for plant protection chemicals is also one of the bright spots in the environmental protection campaign in the southeastern region and the Mekong Delta. A program entitled “Together with farmers protecting the environment” has been implemented in 22 provinces. In the first five years of phase I (2012 - 2017), the program has raised awareness of environmental protection, guiding farmers from safe and effective use of agricultural chemicals to destruction of their packaging. Some areas have adopted models of rice fields with flower banks reducing the use of pesticides and enhancing the landscape. … [Read more...] about Waste treatment flourishes in Mekong Delta, southeastern provinces

The city has been facing challenges finding investment in such traffic projects because investors do not see the benefits of investing in the projects or are hesitant to invest because they are all done on a massive scale and require a vast amount of capital. … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City seeks investment for seven major projects