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Don't make obstacles for people travelling back home for Tet holiday: PM In an official document sent to localities on Wednesday, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh required provinces and cities to speed up COVID-19 vaccination work, and pay more attention to people facing a high-risks from the pandemic. Localities should conduct the necessary tests, quarantine scientifically, and avoid regulations that make difficulties for citizens. The Minister of Health should learn from other countries' experiences and recommendations from the World Health Organization, to give in-time instructions and solutions. Concerned ministries and organisations well coordinate with multimedia to call for the whole society to ensure a healthy and safe Tết holiday, so that all people will adapt to the new situation for sustainable development. Gov't chief launches Spring vaccination campaign Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday launched Spring vaccination campaign with an aim to significantly … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES JANUARY 21

Photo: vietnamnet An 800-member delegation, including 560 athletes, is expected to represent Vietnam at the 26th Southeast Asian Games to be held in Indonesia on November 11-22. They will compete for 545 medals in 43 out of a record 56 sports in Palembang and Jakarta, and are strong medal contenders in sports like martial arts, athletics, wrestling, and shooting. The games will see the Vietnamese martial art vovinam become a medal event for the first time. According to the national sports administration, Vietnam is likely to bag between 70 and 90 gold medals to finish in the top two at the SEA Games. Vietnam has set its hopes on 14 martial arts events, such as karate, wushu, taekwondo and judo. It also hopes to compete strongly in chess, weightlifting and billiards&snooker. The others teams to take part will be Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, and host nation Indonesia. The Indonesian SEA … [Read more...] about Vietnam eyes top-three spot at SEA Games

A Hatinh langur, an endangered primates species is released at a forest in central Vietnam. (Photo courtesy of Bui Van Tuan) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - About 25 different primate species out of 44 found in Vietnam call the Greater Mekong home, but these unique species are increasingly threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, climate change , hunting and illegal trade . "Primates of the Greater Mekong: Status, Threats and Conservation Efforts" – a new World Wildlife Fund report, highlights the amazing diversity of lorises, macaques, langurs and gibbons that live in the five Greater Mekong countries -- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The profiled species include the skywalker hoolock gibbon, which was described as a new species in 2017, and the Popa langur which was only described as a new species in 2020. The 44 primate species found in the region, 19 of which are endemic, are a testament to the amazing biodiversity of the region, but their conservation … [Read more...] about Rich primate species in Vietnam threatened: WWF report

A Hatinh langur, an endangered primates species is released at a forest in central Việt Nam. About 25 different primate species were found in Việt Nam out of a total of 44 in the Greater Mekong. — Photo courtesy of Bùi Văn Tuấn HÀ NỘI — About 25 different primate species out of 44 found in Việt Nam call the Greater Mekong home, but these unique species are increasingly threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, climate change, hunting and illegal trade. "Primates of the Greater Mekong: Status, Threats and Conservation Efforts" – a new World Wildlife Fund report, highlights the amazing diversity of lorises, macaques, langurs and gibbons that live in the five Greater Mekong countries -- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Việt Nam. The profiled species include the skywalker hoolock gibbon, which was described as a new species in 2017, and the Popa langur which was only described as a new species in 2020. The 44 primate species found in the region, 19 of which are endemic, … [Read more...] about Rich primate species in Việt Nam threatened: WWF report

The function was organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO) and the municipal chapter of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, attracting representatives of the consulate generals of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, and the countries’ expatriates in Ho Chi Minh City. Sending New Year greetings to the Cambodian, Lao, Myanmar, and Thai peoples, HUFO Chairman Huynh Minh Thien said together with Vietnamese, the people have fought for national independence, promoted national development, and striven for an ASEAN Community of peace, stability, cooperation and prosperity. The celebration was held with a view to helping local people gain an insight into the four nations’ traditional festival, thus fostering Vietnam’s friendship with the neighboring countries, he noted. On behalf of the countries’ consulates, Lao Consul General Somxay Sanam Oune highly valued the organization of the ceremony, considering it as a demonstration of local people’s sentiments … [Read more...] about Regional countries’ traditional New Year festival marked in Ho Chi Minh City

The mellow beauty and immense charm of the water lily of the Mekong River Delta attract many who love nature to flock in for nice shootings. This drone photo depicts the endless beauty of Vietnamese people and scenery. Flooding is a way of life along the Mekong River in Vietnam. Every year, during the wet season, rising water levels upstream in the place. The annual flooding brings new organic matter from upstream and deposits alluvium into the fields. This drone photos captured women harvesting water lilies on the Mekong River by Khanh Phan has just been highlighted in the US National Geographic magazine. It also eliminates a great part of the salinity in the soil of coastal areas and flushes out toxicity released from acid sulphate soil, while also curbing the insect and rat populations. Fish come with the floods, as does plankton as fish food and nutrient-rich silt to farmlands near the river, allowing vast fields of rice to grow. The smellow beauty, … [Read more...] about Photograph of water lilies on the Mekong River featured on National Geographic