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Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam will mark four years of natural forest closure this July, a measure to reverse severe deforestation. A total 58 localities closed their natural forests from July 2016, following Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s order which aimed to halt wood exploitation by State agencies, including those certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, and offer assistance mechanisms to switch to alternative materials. The order banned entry to forests without permission and banned logging altogether. More than 27,260 cases of deforestation were reported annually from 2011 to 2015 with some 2,640ha of forest destroyed each year. The number reduced by 35 percent between 2016 and 2018 as the policy was adopted. Legal proceedings were launched in 363 cases in the same period. Some 628,000ha of forest were planted, including 44,000ha of protection forest and 577,000ha of production forest. The country’s forest coverage rose to nearly 42 percent by the end of 2018, … [Read more...] about Deforestation continues to rage in Vietnam

Trinh Thi Thuy, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said localities and travel businesses have responded warmly to the domestic tourism stimulus program, offering numerous discounts and new products. "Hotel occupancy rates have reached 80-90 percent and even 100 percent in some places, which are good signs for domestic tourism." … [Read more...] about Vietnam considers opening up select islands for foreign tourists

Deputy spokesperson for Vietnamese foreign ministry Đoàn Khắc Việt made the statement on Thursday during a press conference held in Hanoi, in response to reports from China’s Global Times indicating that Chinese troops illegally occupying Vietnam’s Phú Lâm (Woody) Island have harvested more than a tonne of vegetables grown using sand-to-soil cultivation technology. … [Read more...] about Vietnam condemns China’s acts in East Sea