Management, storage of artefacts, and technical and personal skills training have been challenges for Quang Nam Province, along with the managing board of My Son Sanctuary, in conservation and protection of heritage sites.
The World Bank has paid special attention to projects to respond to climate change, Country Director of the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam Victoria Kwakwa said during her working session with authorities of the Mekong delta city of Can Tho in the city on December 16.
According to the Fauna & Flora International (FFI), research carried out in the Khau Ca Sanctuary of snub-nosed monkeys in Ha Giang province has recorded that the number of snub-nosed monkeys is recovering, with over 110 individuals.
Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment Schultz Van Hagen on December 16 handed over the “Mekong Delta Project” to Vietnam at a High level meeting on a shared framework for Mekong Delta Development.
The program to limit the use of nylon bags has initially worked in changing Hanoians' habit of taking that bags in daily life and shopping.
The US will continue to support Vietnam’s efforts to cope with climate change, US State Secretary John Kerry has said, adding that a 17 million USD project will be implemented to this end through the US Agency for International Development.
A project aiming to strengthen national capacity to develop sound policies relating to natural resources management and environment protection was launched on December 15, 2013 in Ha Noi.
The Biodiversity Conservation Agency (BCA) under the Vietnam Environment Administration on December 12 held a seminar to seek contributions to a draft communication strategy on reducing illegal consumption of wildlife.
A survey conducted in Ha Giang Province, beginning in September, determined that 108 to 113 Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus avunculus) are living in the Khau Ca Species and Habitat Conservation Area.
A color photograph exhibition themed ‘Hanoi and Color’ opened in Hanoi on December 9, displaying 60 stunning images of Hanoi taken a century ago.