HCM City (VNA) – More than 100 representatives from southern preservation zones and national parks discussed the role of communication and education programmes in preserving bio-diversity in Ho Chi Minh City on August 2, 2008.
An ecotourism company from HCMC has released animals including deer, wild boars, tortoises, pythons and snakes, porcupines and species of bird into natural forest in the central highlands.
The Nam Cat Tien National Park in southern Dong Nai Province on July 12 put into operation a wildlife rescue centre, specializing in primate.
Almost 4 ha of saline-submerged land in Ninh Hoa district, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, were put under mangrove between July 25-27 under a Japan-Vietnam afforestation programme.
The food safety and hygiene quality and acute diarrhoea prevention were investigated on July 21, 2008 in Quy Nhon City.
The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) will grant 1.63 million EUR as non-refundable aid to southern Kien Giang province’s 1.2 million ha biosphere reserve.
The Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park was established on December 12, 2001 under Prime Ministerial Decision 189/2001/QD-TTg as a way of upgrading the Phong Nha Reserve. At the July 2003 session of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in France, attended by representatives of 160 countries, the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park was recognized as a world natural heritage site.
Eco-labels for commodities will be applied on a trial basis in 2009 and will be in widespread use as of 2011, according to General Department of Standardisation and Quality Measurement (Ministry of Science and Technology).
A project to clear Van Lake in Ha Noi’s Temple of Literature is currently taking place with results expected this weekend.
The Research Centre for Forest Ecology and Environment (RCFEE) is a specialized research organization working independently under the Forest Science Institute of Vietnam (FSIV).